Talk:2025 N'Djamena attack

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Boko Haram

It was initially reported as Boko Haram, but as of recent reports they were drunk bandits.

Multiple sources including Al Jazeera report it was not Boko Haram.

Some sources: https://www.fides.org/en/news/75875-AFRICA_CHAD_Doubts_and_many_questions_after_the_mysterious_attack_on_the_presidential_palace https://www.brecorder.com/news/amp/40341903 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/9/chads-presidency-attacked-coup-attempt-boko-haram-or-drunk-fighters https://english.ratopati.com/story/38312 Bloxzge 025 (talk) 04:17, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's not uncommon for jihadists to use heavy amount of drugs before carrying out an attack, and the foreign minister is describing them as bandits, but he has not directly provided evidence of this. The Chad government is not fully democratic, which means it's more difficult to get accurate information in the country. So we can't say conclusively that bandits carried out the attack. Harizotoh9 (talk) 23:23, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tanks

Media frequently call any armored vehicles "tanks". Often these are just military armored vehicles such as APCs as it's very rare to have main battle tanks or light tanks deployed on the streets. Harizotoh9 (talk) 09:50, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fair point, it would be best to use the term "armored vehicles" in place of "tanks" as they are clearly very different vehicles and would affect the accuracy of the report. Jurisdicta (talk) 23:03, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]