Six killed in Boko Haram attack on Lake Chad island: military source

AFP  |  N'Djamena (Chad) 

Six people were killed, including four government officials and a soldier, in an attack by jihadists on a checkpoint on an island in Lake Chad, a military source said today.

The overnight killings, which cost the life of a civilian along with two customs officials, two forestry agents and a soldier occurred when "elements attacked an advanced post of the army" in Gabalami in the country's far west, the source said.

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First Published: Sun, May 06 2018. 20:05 IST