Chad accuses Central African Republic troops of War Crime

Chad’s defense ministry has accused troops from neighboring Central African Republic (CAR) of attacking a Chadian military post and committing acts of aggression that it said amounted to a war crime. In an official statement on Monday, the ministry claimed that gunmen attacked an outpost manned by 12 Chadian soldiers near Chad’s 1,000-km border with CAR, killed one soldier, and kidnapped and executed five others in the early hours of Sunday. The ministry branded the attack as an “extremely serious war crime,” adding that, “This premeditated murderous attack, planned and carried out within Chad, cannot go unpunished.” Chad’s embassy in…