A group of forty four (44) suspected members of Boko Haram, arrested during a recent crackdown against the terrorist group, have been found dead in their prison cell, Chad’s chief prosecutor announced Saturday, April 18th, 2020.

Speaking on Chad’s national television, Youssouf Tom said the forty four inmates had been found dead in their cell on Thursday, April 16th. They were among a group of fifty eight suspected jihadists taken into custody during a recent army operation in the Lake Chad zone, he added.

Following the fighting around Lake Chad, 58 members of Boko Haram had been taken prisoner and sent to Ndjamena for the purposes of the investigation,

he said.

On Thursday morning, their jailers told us that 44 prisoners had been found dead in their cell,” Tom said, adding that he had attended the scene.

He said that there was an ongoing investigation to determine their cause of death.

We have buried 40 bodies and sent four bodies to the medical examiner for autopsy.

Justin Nwosu

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