Conflicts between soldiers and young recruits left at least one dead and 18 injured, two of them seriously, according to a security source. The facts took place on Thursday, June 3, in a military camp in Moussoro, a city 293 kilometers north of Ndjamena in the Bahr El Ghazel department. At the beginning of the clashes, recruitment was considered discriminatory. The authorities deny.
as reported from Ndjamena, Aurélie Bazzara-Kibangula
In the morning, a fight broke out in a military camp on the outskirts of Moussoro. Various sources evoke a recruitment to the presidential guard that would have gone badly.
Some recruits from Ndjamena and other provinces in the country say they are victims of discrimination. After being accepted, they are said to have finally been fired by the supervisor responsible for recruitment. The reason: they would not belong to the Zaghawa community, where the military hierarchy and the Deby clan came from.
Critics condemning clan presidential protection return to Chad. Accusations of discrimination swept aside Defense Minister Daoud Yaya Brahim. He evokes a change in the mood of new recruits in training who have difficulty adapting to military life.
The Minister assures us that calm has returned during the day in Moussoro’s military camp. A local source says the hospital is still surrounded by law enforcement to secure the injured. But also to avoid a new fight.
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