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Chad's army says 52 soldiers, 1,000 Boko Haram fighters killed in operation N'DJAMENA, April 9 (Reuters) - Chad's army said on Thursday it had killed as many as 1,000 Boko Haram fighters and lost 52 of its own soldiers in a 10-day old operation that followed the jihadist group's deadliest-ever attack on national forces.Chad's army launched the operation on March 31 after Boko Haram killed nearly 100 Chadian soldiers in an ambush a few days earlier. It has been battling the Nigerian jihadist group in the remote western Lake Chad zone for years."Our men occupied two Boko Haram island bases and have also deployed on the Lake Chad banks of Niger and Nigeria. They will keep their positions until the arrival of these countries' troops," spokesman Azem Bermadoua said in a statement.Read more at: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/chads-army-says-52-soldiers-1000-boko-haram-fighters-killed-in-operation/ar-BB12oD8c
