Lake Chad attack | |
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Part of Boko Haram insurgency | |
Location | Republic of Chad |
Date | February 14, 2014 |
Target | Shores of Lake Chad |
Attack type | Terrorist attack |
Deaths | 10 |
Perpetrators | Boko Haram |
The Lake Chad attack was a terrorist attack on the Niger side of Lake Chad by 30 members of Boko Haram, an Islamic sect in northeastern Nigeria. [1] [2]
The incident was reported to have occurred on February 25, 2014 and was launched by members of the insurgents in Northeastern Nigeria. [3] Sophisticated weapons were used in the attack, leaving scores of civilians and 7 soldiers dead. [4] Since the sects had been designated by the US as a "terrorist" organisation in 2009, they had carried out several cross-border attacks but the February 25, 2014 Lake Chad attack was the first attack on the Republic of Chad. [5]
Lake Chad attack | |
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Part of Boko Haram insurgency | |
Location | Republic of Chad |
Date | February 14, 2014 |
Target | Shores of Lake Chad |
Attack type | Terrorist attack |
Deaths | 10 |
Perpetrators | Boko Haram |
The Lake Chad attack was a terrorist attack on the Niger side of Lake Chad by 30 members of Boko Haram, an Islamic sect in northeastern Nigeria. [1] [2]
The incident was reported to have occurred on February 25, 2014 and was launched by members of the insurgents in Northeastern Nigeria. [3] Sophisticated weapons were used in the attack, leaving scores of civilians and 7 soldiers dead. [4] Since the sects had been designated by the US as a "terrorist" organisation in 2009, they had carried out several cross-border attacks but the February 25, 2014 Lake Chad attack was the first attack on the Republic of Chad. [5]