Boko Haram kills scores in Chad, Yobe

No fewer than 25 people were killed during two major explosions in Chad’s capital, N’djamena, police and hospital sources said on Monday.
Dozens of people were injured when the blasts went off mid-morning in front of the police headquarters and the national police academy.
Witnesses told newsmen that a suicide bomber on a motorcycle detonated explosives at the police headquarters, located just metres from the presidential palace and the French embassy.
It remained unclear what caused the blast in front of the police academy.
Chad’s military has supported neighbouring Nigeria in the fight against Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram, since February.
Boko Haram, which seeks to establish a state with its very strict interpretation of Islamic law, has killed over 14,000 people since 2009 and launched several attacks on Chadian soil.
Meanwhile, the Police in Yobe State, on Monday, confirmed the death of nine persons in twin bomb explosions which rocked Potiskum, the commercial nerve centre of the North-East state.
Mr Toyin Gbadegeshin, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, confirmed the explosions in Potiskum.
Gbadegeshin said one of the bombers targetted the vigilante office, killing seven persons, while two others died in the second explosion which occurred at Dorowa Ward in the town.
“About 12.25hrs, twin suicide bombers struck at Dorowa at the vigilante office and near Lara filling station, killing Ado Kwamanda and six of his men. Two people, including the bomber, died in the second attack”, he said.
Suspected insurgents attacked Babbangida, headquarters of Tarmuwa Local Government Area on Sunday, looted food stuff and burnt public and private structures, including stores.