{"id":16210,"date":"2024-02-29T00:46:50","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T00:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/29\/several-killed-in-chad-after-attack-on-intelligence-agency-foiled-government-says\/"},"modified":"2024-02-29T00:46:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T00:46:50","slug":"several-killed-in-chad-after-attack-on-intelligence-agency-foiled-government-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/29\/several-killed-in-chad-after-attack-on-intelligence-agency-foiled-government-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Several killed in Chad after attack on intelligence agency foiled, government says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            Tensions were high in the Central African country of Chad on Wednesday after several people were killed following an alleged attack on the country\u2019s intelligence services was foiled overnight, the government said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            The country\u2019s communications ministry said the situation took \u201ca dramatic turn\u201d after a \u201cdeliberate attack\u201d was allegedly carried out by members of the opposition Socialist Party Without Borders (PSF) on the headquarters of the country\u2019s National State Security Agency (ANSE) in the capital N\u2019Djamena.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            Dillo said in a Facebook post on Wednesday morning that the military had surrounded him and others at the party\u2019s headquarters.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            Law enforcement officers managed to foil the attack \u201cwith efficiency,\u201d the ministry said, claiming that the situation was now \u201ccompletely under control.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            The government also accused the finance secretary of the opposition party for being behind an assassination attempt against the president of the Supreme Court on Wednesday.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            It\u2019s not clear if it was a separate incident or the court president was in the security agency\u2019s office during the attack.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            The tensions come as Chad gears up for presidential elections in May which will mark the first of their kind since military leader General Mahamat Idriss Deby took over in 2020 after his father was killed on the battlefield.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            \u201cIt is important to highlight that every person searching to disrupt the democratic process underway in the country will be taken to court,\u201d the government warned.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            No details on the total number of casualties from the attack were provided in the statement with the authorities promising to release the death toll \u201clater on.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            Internet monitoring firm, Netblocks said shortly after 7aET its network data showed there had been a \u201cdisruption to internet connectivity\u201d in the country following the reports of a \u201cdeadly attack\u201d on the intelligence agency headquarters.    <\/p>\n\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tensions were high in the Central African country of Chad on Wednesday after several people were killed following an alleged attack on the country\u2019s intelligence services was foiled overnight, the government said. 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