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Boko Haram militants kill 92 Chadian soldiers: president

Chad's President Idriss Deby Itno addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, US. [Reuters]

Boko Haram militants killed 92 Chadian soldiers and wounded 47 more in the deadliest attack ever on the country’s military, President Idriss Deby said late on Tuesday.

The soldiers were attacked on Monday on the island village of Boma in the swampy Lake Chad zone in the west of the country, where the armies of Chad, Nigeria and Niger have been fighting the Islamist militants for years.

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