2015 Chad suicide bombings | |
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Part of Boko Haram insurgency | |
Location | Baga Sola, Lac Region, Chad |
Date | 10 October 2015 |
Target | Marketplace and refugee camp |
Attack type | Suicide bombing, mass murder |
Weapons | Explosives |
Deaths | 38 |
Injured | 51 |
Perpetrators | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Boko Haram |
Motive | Islamic extremism |
The 2015 Chad suicide bombings were a suicide attack which occurred the afternoon of Saturday 10, October 2015 in the town of Baga Sola, Chad, a small fishing community on Lake Chad.[1] The attack was allegedly perpetrated by the Nigeria-based Islamic extremist group Boko Haram and resulted in the deaths of around 36 individuals, and wounded upwards of 50 more.[2] The attacks were reportedly carried out by two women, two children, and a man with the intended targets being a busy marketplace, and a nearby refugee camp hosting tens of thousands of Nigerians.[3] It was the deadliest attack to take place in the Lake Chad region.