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Suicide bomber in burqa kills 14 people in Chad capital

A man dressed in a woman's burqa blew himself up in the main market in Chad's capital N'Djamena early on Saturday, killing 14 people and injuring 74, a police spokesman said.

No group immediately claimed responsibility but Chad blames Boko Haram, the Islamist militant group based in neighboring Nigeria, for a series of bombings and shootings in the central African country in recent weeks.

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