N’DJAMENA, May 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A “violent clash” in southwest Chad has killed 35 people, the government said, without giving details on who was involved.
Communication minister and government spokesman Gassim Cherif Mahamat said six people were also wounded in the clash on Wednesday in the region of Logone-Occidental.
“This tragic clash caused the death of 35 people and six wounded,” he said.
“The defence and security forces quickly intervened and managed to bring the situation under control,” he added.
Clashes frequently break out in southern Chad where Christian and animist communities complain of being marginalised by the government.
The violence often involves nomadic Muslim herders and largely Christian or animist indigenous sedentary farmers. — NNN-AGENCIES
