60 Terrorists Arrested By Police

60 people have been arrested in Chad in relation to an attack that killed dozens of people and wounded more than 100 others earlier this month in the capital.

The suspects include men and women from Cameroon, Nigeria and Mali.

Alghassim Khamis, the Chad prosecutor said on Sunday that new details have been uncovered regarding the June 15 attack that saw one suicide bomber blow himself up on foot outside a police station and two others near a police academy.

The attack was described as the first of its kind on N’Djamena, the Chadian capital.

It happened, following threats from the Nigeria-based extremist group Boko Haram.

“The toll for this double attack is 38 dead today, including the three suicide bombers, and 81 wounded and released and 20 wounded still admitted in the hospital,” Khamis said on Monday.

Khamis made it known that “an active terrorist cell has been identified and dismantled, leading to the seizure of communication materials and the 60 arrests, which included Chadians in addition to the foreigners.”

“One of the suicide bombers has been identified, and officials are working on identifying the other two, he said. Debris recovered from the scene permitted officials to determine that the attackers wore explosive vests made of special black fabric,” he said.

“The information received shows that this attack was well planned,” he added.

Reports say that there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack but suspicion fell on Boko Haram, that had already attacked Chadian villages along the lake dividing Nigeria and Chad.

In recent times, Chad has become a major military ally to Nigeria in the fight against the insurgent group.

Boko Haram’s leader has publicly threatened the Chadian president with retaliation.

Three days after the attack, Chad said launched an aerial assault on Boko Haram positions.