Non-fatal injuries 130 Location Chad | Date 5 December 2015 Location Chad | |
Deaths 19 (including 4 suicide bomber) Perpetrators Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Boko Haram Attack types Suicide attack, Mass murder | ||
The December 2015 Chad suicide bombings occurred on 5 December 2015 when four suicide bombers at Lake Chad kill at least 15 people and another 130 were injured. Four women carried out the attack at a weekly market on an island on the Chadian side of the lake. No group has claimed responsibility; officials suspect the attacks were carried out by members of the Boko Haram militant group from neighboring Nigeria.
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