27 Killed In Lake Chad Island Suicide Attacks

At least 27 people were killed and more than 80 wounded in Saturday’s suicide bombings on an island in Lake Chad, a security source said in the capital N’Djamena.

“Three suicide bombers blew themselves up in three different places at the weekly market on Loulou Fou, an island in Lake Chad,” the source told AFP.

He said the explosions had “killed several people” including the attackers, and wounded more than 80.

The Chadian government on November 9 declared a state of emergency in the flashpoint Lake Chad region, which also straddles Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger and is frequently targeted by Boko Haram insurgents who declared allegiance to the Islamic State earlier this year.