{"id":5629,"date":"2018-03-25T14:45:14","date_gmt":"2018-03-25T14:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/5629-chad-soldier-20-boko-haram-militants-killed-in-clashes\/"},"modified":"2018-03-25T14:45:14","modified_gmt":"2018-03-25T14:45:14","slug":"chad-soldier-20-boko-haram-militants-killed-in-clashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/5629-chad-soldier-20-boko-haram-militants-killed-in-clashes\/","title":{"rendered":"Chad soldier, 20 Boko Haram militants killed in clashes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Chadian soldier and 20 militants from the Nigeria-based Takfiri group Boko Haram have been killed in a clash in the volatile Lake Chad region.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>A Chadian soldier and 20 militants from the Nigeria-based Takfiri group Boko Haram have been killed in a clash in the volatile Lake Chad region.<\/h4>\n<h4>A Chadian military officer said Saturday that the incident took place on Friday on an islet named Tchoukou Hadje, adding that five soldiers were injured.<\/h4>\n<h4>&#8220;Twenty Boko Haram members were killed and a large amount of weapons was recovered,&#8221; the officer said. &#8220;The Chadian army lost one member.&#8221;<\/h4>\n<h4>Two Chadian soldiers including a captain were killed in an ambush in the area a month ago in the first attack by the Nigerian militant group on Chadian soil since May last year in which nine soldiers died.<\/h4>\n<h4>Chad is a member of a multinational task force combating Boko Haram across its border with Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon. 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