Minister: Suicide Bombers Kill 23 in Attacks on Chad Capital

Suicide bombers on motorcycles simultaneously attacked two buildings including the national police academy in Chad’s capital on Monday, killing at least 23 people
Minister: Suicide Bombers Kill 23 in Attacks on Chad Capital
A crowd looks on at the site of a suicide bombing, near Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt, Wednesday, June 10, 2015. AP Photo
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N'DJAMENA, Chad—Suicide bombers on motorcycles simultaneously attacked two buildings including the national police academy in Chad’s capital on Monday, killing at least 23 people and wounding more than 100 others in the first assault of its kind since Islamic extremists threatened the country earlier this year, witnesses said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility but suspicion quickly fell on Boko Haram, the group based in neighboring Nigeria that already has attacked Chadian villages along the lake that divides the two countries.