23 killed in Chad suicide bombings blamed on Boko Haram

Police forces stand outside the police headquarters in N'Djamena, where 23 were killed in twin suicide bombing attacks on June 15, 2015[Photo: AFP]

Twenty-three people were killed and more than 100 wounded in twin suicide bombings targeting police in the Chadian capital Monday, with the government blaming Boko Haram militants for the bloodshed.

They were the first such attacks in the capital of the central African nation, which has been on the frontline of the regional fight against the Nigerian Islamist group.

"Boko Haram chose the wrong target. These lawless and faithless terrorists will be flushed out and neutralised wherever they are," the government said in a statement.