Chad Says Troops Killed 13 Boko Haram Fighters

Chadian soldiers repelled an attack by Boko Haram in a Nigerian border town on Wednesday, killing 13 of the militants, Reuters news agency reported Chad’s army as saying. The army said it lost a soldier, too. Boko Haram militants attacked Chadian positions before dawn in Gambaru, a town on Nigeria's northeast border with Cameroon, the military said in a statement. Chadian forces apparently were prepared for the attack. "We were waiting," a military source told Reuters....

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