Chad Hunts Attackers After 40 Killed In Boko Haram Raid

Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno visited the scene early on Monday and launched an operation to hunt down the attackers (Credit: AFP)

An attack by jihadist group Boko Haram killed around 40 Chadian troops overnight near the Nigerian border, prompting an army operation to hunt down the militants, the government and local sources said on Monday.

Members of Boko Haram targeted a garrison housing more than 200 Chadian soldiers late Sunday in the Lake Chad region, an area plagued by various armed groups, local sources told AFP.