INTRO: Soldiers from Chad in West Africa have launched a hunt for Boko Haram insurgents who attacked and killed at least 10 villagers in a town next to Lake Chad. The insurgents apparently attacked the village out of retaliation for Chad's participation in attacks against Boko Haram strongholds in neighbouring Nigeria. An African Union endorsed force of 7500 soldiers from Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Cameroon and Benin has started forming to prevent Boko Haram extremists from forming an Islamic State in the region. Gary Alfonso reports ...
IN: Heavily armed insurgents ...
OUT: Alfonso, Abuja.
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