Boko Haram militants kill 13 villagers in Chad

In Chad, at least 13 villagers were killed in an attack by the Boko Haram militants in eastern part of the country. Lake Chad province official Dimouya Soiapebe said that armed militants had targeted the village of Ceilia early Thursday morning and killed the local chief with his family.

They set fire to homes before killing another nine people on their way out. According



to the official,  soldiers are sweeping the area and the security presence in the area will be reinforced.

Boko Haram's decade-long uprising to establish a hardline Islamic state in Nigeria's northeast has spilled into neighbouring Niger, Chad and Cameroon. A regional military coalition is battling the radical Islamist group.