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Drone attack kills four people in Bamina, Chad

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A drone attack of unknown origin killed four people and injured 14 in Bamina, in Chad’s Ouaddaï province, near the Sudanese border. Regional government representative Ibrahim Issa announced an investigation, according to Agence France-Presse.

Four people were killed and 14 injured on Monday in a drone attack of unknown origin in Bamina, a Chadian locality near the Sudanese border, Ibrahim Issa Galmaye, a government representative in Wadi-Fira province, told AFP on Thursday. He announced an investigation to identify the source of the attack.

The 14 injured people were admitted to Tiné Djagarba district hospital, according to local sources. The war in Sudan, pitting the Sudanese army against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since 2023, regularly spills over into Chadian territory.

The strike comes after another deadly drone attack in Bamina, reported on 21 October.

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