Authorities and local residents said at least 27 people were killed in an attack by cattle thieves in southern Chad in the early hours of Thursday.
“What happened is very serious: these attackers were armed with war rifles, set fire to houses and killed 23 residents before taking their livestock, taking at least 146 oxen,” Mahamat Tchari, a resident of Mangalmé, told news agency EFE. Guera province, an area with good road connections to neighboring Sudan.
“During the clashes, four attackers were killed by locals, two of them have Sudanese IDs and the other two have no documents, but we believe they are Sudanese,” Mangalmé Mayor Nour Ahmid said, adding : “This is the result of the insecurity in Sudan”.
Since clashes began on April 15 between the regular army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan, Chad’s border provinces with Sudan have been the scene of frequent intercommunal conflicts, with Chadian authorities regularly accusing Sudanese at the base of of these conflicts. issues.
On May 17, at least 17 people were killed in a cattle raid, also in southern Chad, in this case near the Central African Republic (CAR) border.
Source: DN
