In a statement on Friday, the French Ministry of Defense announced the killing of a French soldier in Chad, while security sources reported the killing of at least 10 people in an attack by Boko Haram militants on a Chadian village.
The French Ministry of Defense said that the armed forces are investigating the cause of the accident, which occurred at the base in the Chadian capital, N'Djamena, during a maintenance operation that led to the explosion of one of the equipment.
She said that the dead Frenchman was Andy Villa, from the infantry battalion specializing in electrical mechanical work.
France has more than 5,000 soldiers in the Sahel region of West Africa, as part of its military intervention against al-Qaeda militants that began in 2012.
Ten civilians were killed
On the other hand, security sources reported that at least 10 people were killed in an attack by Boko Haram militants on a village in the Beheira region, west of Chad.
According to Agence France-Presse, Boko Haram militants killed at least 10 civilians and kidnapped 7 others in an attack on the village of Tinana, including two women.
After the Boko Haram group emerged in northeast Nigeria in 2009, its presence gradually expanded to include the Lake Chad Basin, a vast area of water spread across many islands bordering Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad.