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Chadian aircraft bomb Nigerian town in anti-Boko Haram raid

Published: 31 Jan 2015 - 07:01 pm | Last Updated: 17 Jan 2022 - 12:45 pm

Gamboru market in May 2014 after an attack by suspected Boko Haram raid

 

N'Djamena--Chadian aircraft on Saturday bombed the Nigerian town of Gamboru in an operation targeting Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, security sources said.

A raid was carried out around midday by two fighter jets on the town in Nigeria's far northeast along the Cameroon border, sources from Chad and Cameroon said on condition of anonymity.

AFP