Over 100 jihadist fighters killed in anti-Boko Haram operation: Chad army

Chadian soldiers rest in the shade of their armoured vehicle near Malam Fatori in northeast Nigeria on April 3, 2015, after the town was retaken from Boko Haram by troops from Chad and Niger (AFP Photo)

N'Djamena - At least 100 jihadist fighters have been killed in an operation against Boko Haram Islamists holed up on the islands of Lake Chad, the Chadian army said in a statement Friday.

"117 terrorists have been killed, two Chadian soldiers died and two others were wounded" in the operation against the Nigeria-based movement, which began two weeks ago, army spokesman Colonel Azem Bermendoa Agouna said.