Story highlightsChad hits Boko Haram sites in Nigeria after attacks Monday in capitalSecurity forces...

1. Chad strikes Boko Haram in Nigeria
Story highlightsChad hits Boko Haram sites in Nigeria after attacks Monday in capitalSecurity
forces ordered to burn all burqas found in marketsThe Chad army and security forces hit Boko
Haram bases and related sites, according to a government statement, destroying six bases and
killing several militants.
Prime Minister Kalzeube Payimi Deubet announced the burqa ban Wednesday following a call with
religious leaders, according to another statement from the government.
The move was at the direction of
President Idriss Deby Itno, after as
many as 23 people were killed Monday
in the capital, N'Djamena, in two
attacks -- one at the National School of
Police and the other targeting the
Central Office of the Police, according
to Chad's communications ministry.
The four attackers were also killed, and more than 100 people were wounded, officials said.
Who's to blame?The government blamed the terror group Boko Haram for the bombings, but the
militants have not claimed responsibility.
Some have speculated that the attacks Monday were retaliation for Chad's participation in a regional
force fighting against Boko Haram.
The group struck outside Nigeria again Wednesday, raiding two villages in Niger and killing at least
38 people, a local lawmaker said.
Burn the burqasAccording to the Chadian news website Tchadinfos, security forces have been

2. ordered to go through markets and burn all the burqas they find.
Chad is a majority Muslim country, but some may
wear the burqa as protection from the sun and sand.
According to the government statement, Catholic
church leaders, Muslim leaders and evangelical
leaders were briefed on the ban and were asked to
convey the new law to their respective
congregations.
Boko Haram, which loosely translates to "Western
education is sin" in the Hausa language, is classified
as a terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department. It has been brutal against civilians and
authorities alike as it tries to impose its extreme version of Sharia law over an expansive territory.
Residents of Borno state, which borders Chad, and other parts of northeastern Nigeria know this all
too well. For years they have dealt with Boko Haram assaults, bombings, abductions and mass
kidnappings -- the most infamous being the taking of more than 200 schoolgirls in the town of
Chibok in 2014.
Chad and Niger have stepped up their efforts in recent months, going after the militant group in
areas that border those nations.
CNN's Christian Purefoy, Joseph Netto, Greg Botelho and Elwyn Lopez, as well as journalist Aminu
Abubakar, contributed to this report.
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