Mahamat
Mustapha Bananaye, a man accused of being a high ranking member of
insurgent group Boko Haram, attends his trial in N'Djamena, Chad, August
26, 2015. REUTERS/Moumine Ngarmbassa
Chad, a leading country in a
military task force against Boko Haram, has sentenced 10 members of the
Islamist militants to death on terrorism charges, the chief prosecutor
said on Friday.
"The condemned will be shot," Louampambe Mahouli Bruno said on state television.
Chad's
capital N'Djamena, less than 100 kilometres from the Nigerian border,
was hit by a series of suicide bombings in June and July that killed
more than 40 people.
Chad along with Nigeria is leading the 8,700-strong regional military task force against Boko Haram. Chad's President Idriss Deby has strengthened local anti-terrorism laws and has said that Boko Haram can be destroyed by year end.
The
verdict was announced in a closed court room just two days after the
trial began and nearly a week ahead of schedule. The people who were
sentenced included 30-year-old Cameroonian Mahamat Moustapha, also known as Bana Fanaye, who was named by Chad as the mastermind behind the N'Djamena attacks.
Earlier
this week, he pleaded guilty to charges against him, which also
included allegations of fraud and drugs and weapon possession, judicial
sources said.
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