{Militants with the Nigeria-based terrorist group Boko Haram have carried out their first attack inside neighboring Chad, killing five people.
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The attack took place against a village and military camp on the shores of Lake Chad on Friday. The fatalities were four civilians and one soldier.<\/p>\n
The militants were subsequently pushed back.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, Chadian troops, positioned in Gamboru, a town on Nigeria\u2019s border with Cameroon, repelled an attack by the Takfiri militants.<\/p>\n
Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon and Benin have pledged to create an 8,700-strong force to fight the Boko Haram militancy.<\/p>\n
According to AFP, the violence fueled by Boko Haram militants has killed at least 13,000 people and rendered more than a million others homeless since 2009.<\/p>\n
Nigeria\u2019s National Security Advisor Sambo Dasuki said on February 9 that an ongoing multilateral offensive against Boko Haram will root out the Takfiri group within six weeks.<\/p>\n
The official said, \u201cAll known Boko Haram camps will be taken out. They won\u2019t be there. They will be dismantled.\u201d<\/p>\n
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