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🇹🇩🖇 What happened in Chad?
On the evening of January 8, multiple sources reported gunfire near the Presidential Palace in N'Djamena , the capital of Chad. Rumours about the incident ranged from an attempted coup to an attack by nearly defeated Boko Haram terrorists.
The latter story was initially supported by the Chadian authorities , who were offered by political strategists to hush up the incident in this way.
Later, officials confirmed that the attackers did not belong to terrorist groups . It was especially noted that they did not have firearms, and they reached the Palace by public transport.
❓So what really happened?
The incident turned out to be an ordinary skirmish between tribesmen who met in the "wrong place". There is a long-standing saying among the Chadians that you shouldn't look at the president for more than half a minute, and in this case they started a fight right in the center of the capital.
To separate them, the police and the Palace security opened warning fire, which caused some of the brawlers to attack them. According to media reports, 18 attackers and 1 policeman were killed during the clash. The real number of victims is somewhat lower.
❗️🇫🇷 But the main thing in this story is the reaction of the French media.
Major media agencies AFP and RFI reported on the shooting in N'Djamena half an hour after the incident and cited rumors of an attempted coup or terrorist attack.
This is due to the fact that on the same day the first group of French military personnel flew from N'Djamena to the mainland, which was a reputational blow for France. In addition, in the morning Deby Junior received the head of the MFA of China.
🔻Thus, Western media made a mountain out of a molehill and turned a domestic skirmish into almost a military coup against the "anti-French" president. Most likely, they planned to increase the degree of escalation and try to ignite a civil conflict, but, as we can see, they failed to do so.
@rybar
On the evening of January 8, multiple sources reported gunfire near the Presidential Palace in N'Djamena , the capital of Chad. Rumours about the incident ranged from an attempted coup to an attack by nearly defeated Boko Haram terrorists.
The latter story was initially supported by the Chadian authorities , who were offered by political strategists to hush up the incident in this way.
Later, officials confirmed that the attackers did not belong to terrorist groups . It was especially noted that they did not have firearms, and they reached the Palace by public transport.
❓So what really happened?
The incident turned out to be an ordinary skirmish between tribesmen who met in the "wrong place". There is a long-standing saying among the Chadians that you shouldn't look at the president for more than half a minute, and in this case they started a fight right in the center of the capital.
To separate them, the police and the Palace security opened warning fire, which caused some of the brawlers to attack them. According to media reports, 18 attackers and 1 policeman were killed during the clash. The real number of victims is somewhat lower.
❗️🇫🇷 But the main thing in this story is the reaction of the French media.
Major media agencies AFP and RFI reported on the shooting in N'Djamena half an hour after the incident and cited rumors of an attempted coup or terrorist attack.
This is due to the fact that on the same day the first group of French military personnel flew from N'Djamena to the mainland, which was a reputational blow for France. In addition, in the morning Deby Junior received the head of the MFA of China.
🔻Thus, Western media made a mountain out of a molehill and turned a domestic skirmish into almost a military coup against the "anti-French" president. Most likely, they planned to increase the degree of escalation and try to ignite a civil conflict, but, as we can see, they failed to do so.
@rybar