December 2015 Chad suicide bombings

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December 2015 Chad suicide bombings
Part of the Boko Haram insurgency
LocationChad
Date5 December 2015
Attack type
Suicide bombing, mass murder
Deaths19 (including 4 suicide bomber)
Injured130
PerpetratorsIslamic State flag.svg Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

The December 2015 Chad suicide bombings occurred on 5 December 2015 when four suicide bombers at Lake Chad kill at least 15 people and another 130 were injured. Four women carried out the attack at a weekly market on an island on the Chadian side of the lake. No group has claimed responsibility; officials suspect the attacks were carried out by members of the Boko Haram militant group from neighboring Nigeria. [1] [2] [3]

References

  1. "Female bombers strike Lake Chad island". www.aljazeera.com. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  2. "Lake Chad suicide blasts 'kill 27'". BBC News. 5 December 2015.
  3. "Chad says suicide blasts kill at least 15 in Lake Chad". 5 December 2015 via www.reuters.com.