in the Chad are 44 alleged Islamist fighters Terrorist militia Boko Haram found dead in her cell. The bodies of the prisoners were discovered in the detention center in N’Djamena on Thursday, Attorney General Youssouf Tom said. They belonged to a group of 58 jihadists who had been captured in an army operation on Lake Chad in late March.
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Four bodies were autopsied, said Tom. The coroners suspect that the detainees had ingested a “deadly substance” that attacked the heart of some and choked others.
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Many Boko Haram fighters are hiding in the region around Lake Chad to launch attacks in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger. Boko Haram has been fighting violently for an Islamist state in northeastern Nigeria since 2009. The conflict also spread to Nigeria’s neighboring countries. Attacks and attacks by the militia have killed around 35,000 people in recent years, and two million others have fled.
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