The Chadian army says it has arrested
five suspects allegedly linked to the
suicide bombings that killed 34 people
on Monday.
The two simultaneous attacks on
Monday were the first of their kind in
Chad and appeared to be retaliation by
Boko Haram for Chad’s leading role in
an offensive against the militants.
Chad, a key Western ally in the fight
against armed Islamist groups both in
the Sahara and Lake Chad area, revised
the death toll up to 34 on Wednesday.
Over 100 people were injured in the
attacks on a central police station and a
police school in the capital.
“There has been progress,” said
Abderahim Bireme Hamid, Minister for
the Interior and Public Security.
“Several suspects, between 5 and 6,
have been arrested,” he said.
Chad, a mostly Muslim country, also
said it would ban head-to-toe burqas
and religious turbans.
“Even the burqas for sale in the
markets will be withdrawn,” said Prime
Minister Kalzeube Pahimi Deubet, who
met religious leaders on Wednesday to
discuss the measures.
Oil revenues have helped Chad become
a military heavyweight and its troops
were vital in driving Boko Haram
militants from territory in northern
Nigeria this year.
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