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UNBELIEVABLE: Chad opposition claims soldiers executed leader - The Untold Story

Heavy machinery was seen operating outside the headquarters of the Chadian opposition Socialist Party Without Borders (Credit: AFP)

Chad's main opposition party on Friday accused soldiers of having executed its leader "at point blank range" in an assault on its headquarters ahead of a long-promised May election.

Yaya Dillo Djerou was the leading opponent and cousin of Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, who was proclaimed transitional president by the junta in 2021.

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