January 09, (THEWILL) – At least 19 people have been killed after gunmen attacked Chad’s presidential complex on Wednesday evening.
Government Spokesman and Foreign Minister, Abderaman Koulamallah, described the attackers as drunken “Pieds Nickeles”.
He said they confronted four guards before entering the presidential complex, where they were “easily overpowered”, adding that the surviving attackers were “completely drugged”.
“There were 18 dead and six injured among the 24-strong commando unit that launched the assault, and we suffered one death and three injured, one of them seriously. The situation is completely under control. The destabilisation attempt was put down,” he added.
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