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N'Djamena (AFP) - Nigeria-based Boko Haram Islamists carried out their first attack Friday inside Chad, killing five people in a strike on a village on the shores of Lake Chad, a security source said. Chadian military spokesman Azem Bermandoa Agouna also confirmed the pre-dawn attack on Ngouboua, a village across the water from the Nigerian town of Baga. The insurgents struck around 3:00 am (0200 GMT) after crossing the lake from Baga -- scene of a Boko Haram massacre last month -- in boats. The military retaliated," the spokesman said on national radio, adding the fighters then fled back towards Nigeria with troops "in hot pursuit".
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