Ten members of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram have been executed by firing squad in Chad.
It comes a day after they were found guilty of terror charges at a trial in the capital N'Djamena.
Security sources said they were shot at a firing range north of the capital.
All 10 were convicted over their roles in twin attacks on the capital in June, which killed at least 38. A month after the attack, Chad reintroduced the death penalty for acts of terror.
"They were shot this morning at the Massaguet firing range," a source told Reuters news agency, referring to a city about 60km (40 miles) north-east of N'Djamena.
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Among those to die was Mahamat Mustapha, aka Bana Fanaye, who had been described as the "mastermind" of June's attacks.
Mahamat Mustapha at his trial in Chad on 26 August 2015Image copyrightREUTERS
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Mahamat Mustapha was accused of being a high-ranking member of Boko Haram
A school and a police building in the capital were targeted by suicide bombers on motorcycles, leaving more than 100 people injured in addition to the dead.
Those attacks were followed by a blast at a market in the capital in July, which killed 15 people.
The attacks were the first by the Nigerian-based group in Chad, which hosts the headquarters of a regional force set up to fight the militants.
The 10 were found guilty of charges including criminal conspiracy, killings, wilful destruction with explosives, fraud, illegal possessions of arms and ammunition, and using psychotropic substances, according to chief prosecutor Bruno Mahouli Louapambe, quoted in AFP news agency.
Map of Chad and Nigeria
Chad has been instrumental in helping Nigeria retake most of the areas Boko Haram had seized.
The jihadists, who want to create their own Islamic caliphate in Nigeria, have killed thousands and forced millions to flee their homes in the country's north-east Nigeria since 2009.
The militant group had previously threatened to attack Chad, after it sent troops to help Nigeria recapture territory from them, mostly in Borno state.
Following the bombings, Chad banned people from wearing the full-face veil.
But its attempts to crack down on terrorism have attracted criticism from opposition and civil liberties groups who fear it could be used to curb civil rights.


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Sad news for Nigerian presidency.

That is a country that is ready and willing to rid their society of the nuisance called boko haram


While Pmb led government is giving amnesty to the killer monsters

Here we grant them amnesty and term them repentant Boko Haram members

sarrki:
That is a country that is ready and willing to rid their society of the nuisance called boko haram


While Pmb led government is giving amnesty to the killer monsters

Sarrki??

What happened to you?

maynation:


Sarrki??

What happened to you?

The wind of change

NigeriaIsDoomed:
The wind of change

Had to click on his profile to be sure his moniker wasn't cloned.
I am still surprised tho.
Remaining .

I pity our gallant Nigeria Soldiers.. Its like a waste of Time and Resources on a War where the Terrorist are forgiven and tagged as repentant People...

WHAT ABOUT THE LIVES OF SOLDIERS LOST AND ALL THE FAMILIES LOST IN THIS STUPIDNESS??

maynation:

Had to click on his profile to be sure his moniker wasn't cloned.
I am still surprised tho.
Remaining .

One by one they are rejecting the lifeless one.

Buhari u see your life. I regret everyday when I remembered how I tried to convince my family and friends that buhari is the best in 2015.

Ours is in d other way round in d name of repentant. May God have mercy on us.

sarrki:
That is a country that is ready and willing to rid their society of the nuisance called boko haram


While Pmb led government is giving amnesty to the killer monsters

What a wonderment .
Keep it up and may your brain never relapsed again IJN.

K

That's a serious government that cares for her people unlike some coded terrorists with nauseating odoriferous integrity.

Ten members of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram have been executed by firing squad in Chad.

It comes a day after they were found guilty of terror charges at a trial in the capital N'Djamena.
Security sources said.

And down here, we keep making cases for these bandits by negotiating soft landings, and even contemplating setting up agencies for rehabilitation of bandits.

Who bewitched us in this country ?

how can we be givin them amnesty after they kill people....??

boko dont deserve amnesty....

kill them all already....!!

sarrki:
That is a country that is ready and willing to rid their society of the nuisance called boko haram


While Pmb led government is giving amnesty to the killer monsters

This new you... Is it seasonal Abi permanent?
you are to tell us the reason for your conversion.
It's still unbelievable.