People have reportedly taken to the streets in Chad after the killing of a local soldier by a foreign medic
Demonstrators tried to make their way into a French military base in the north-central African country of Chad, local media outlets reported on Wednesday. According to Russian news agency RIA-Novosti, the Chadian troops guarding the facility have fired shots in order to dispense the crowd.
The outrage was caused by the murder of a Chadian soldier inside a French military base in the northern town of Faya-Largeau on Tuesday, Alwihda Info has reported.
An unnamed senior official in the Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti region told the outlet that a Chadian serviceman had come to the base to receive medical treatment. During the procedure, he allegedly grabbed a scalpel and injured the French military doctor who was treating him, at which point the medic grabbed his gun and “neutralized” the attacker, the official said.
A joint probe has been launched by the Chadian and French militaries to investigate the incident, he added.
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A French diplomatic source told Alwihda Info that the doctor was in serious condition after being stabbed three times and had difficulty answering when questioned by the authorities. The Chadian soldier died instantly after being shot, he said.
The unnamed diplomat also claimed that locals tried to storm the French base at least twice after news of the incident spread, but had failed to breach the facility.
