Six soldiers were killed and ten wounded in an attack by militants in Chad, the local Al Wihda newspaper reported, citing sources in military circles.
According to the newspaper, a clash of militants with soldiers of the Chadian army occurred on Monday afternoon near Tetev Island on Lake Chad.
According to the source, the militants were allegedly members of the Boko Haram group.
“Boko Haram” is a radical Islamist group, operating mainly in Nigeria. Its militants oppose the Western model of education and seek the introduction of sharia throughout the country. The group is behind most of the attacks regularly carried out in response to the military campaign against it by Cameroon, Chad and Niger.