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Chad: four suspects prosecuted after attack on mining brigade in Miski

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The N’Djamena prosecutor’s office presented four suspects arrested after the 14 October attack on a mining brigade position in Miski, in Chad’s Tibesti Province. Authorities also displayed ten seized weapons, including two bazookas and two sniper rifles; the suspects are being prosecuted for murder, undermining the integrity of the state and criminal conspiracy, reports Journal du Tchad.

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