At least six people have been killed after a female suicide bomber blew herself up in western Chad. The Nigerian-based Boko Haram has fighters in Chad and other neighboring countries.
The attack is said to have happened shortly after midnight in the compound of a traditional chieftain in Kaiga-Kindjiria district in Lac province. Among the six people killed were a Chadian soldier and four guards.
The female attacker walked into the compound and detonated her bomb just as people were preparing to go to bed.
Kaiga-Kindjiria lies in Lac province, which abuts the vast Lake Chad – a region shared by Chad, Cameroon, Niger, and Nigeria. Boko Haram routinely uses female suicide bombers to conduct the attacks especially in crowded places as well as high-security locations. Just like other terror organizations especially in Africa, female suicide bombers have become a menace especially in attacks against administration and security apparatus.
