Violent confrontations broke out between the Chadian security forces and those loyal to the "Socialist Party Without Borders" The Chadian government accuses Ahmed Al-Turabi, the financial official of the Socialist Party, of being behind the assassination attempt on the president of the Supreme Court. The Socialist Party denies the allegations of the official authorities, saying that the security services killed Al- Turabi and placed his body at the headquarters of the Internal Security Service.
When party members went to search for his body, soldiers opened fire on a group of party members.