The prime minister of Chad,
Kalzeube Pahimi Deubet has said the full-face veil was being used as a
camouflage by Boko Haram insurgents to foster attacks on its soil. He has
therefore directed security forces to burn all full-face veils sold in the
market.
This comes on the heels of two
suicide bomb attacks by Boko Haram insurgents on Monday which killed more than
20 people in the country.
The militant group has not
commented on the attack but has previously threatened to attack Chad, after its
forces started to help Nigeria.
At a meeting with religious
leaders, Prime Minister Kalzeube Pahimi Deubet said the ban applied everywhere,
not only public places. He added that any clothing that covers everything but
the eyes was a camouflage. The attackers were on motorcycles when they blew
themselves up outside two police buildings in the capital, N’Djamena on Monday.
