Hundereds Are Killed As Violence In Eastern Chad Continues

BANDIKAO, CHAD - NOVEMBER 13: Chadian Army soldiers drive to Bandikao as they conduct a rescue mission on November 13, 2006 in Bandikao Village, 90 Km south of Goz Beida, Chad. According to Human Rights Watch, in 2003 fighting broke out between ethnic Muro Africans and Arab nomads using primitive weapons such as bow and arrows; three years later the Arabs are wearing khaki uniforms and using assault rifles, though it is unclear by whom they have been armed. Five men were killed by arabs on November 4 outside Bandikao village, which is part of a confederation of eight villages that has a self defense force. The people from the village pursued the attackers and were ambushed and massacred. As a result of the battle forty five people were killed and forty-one were wounded leaving the dead and injured behind due to lack of transport and due to the security situation. On November 13 the Chadian army decided to send a rescue team to evacuate the injured. (Photo by Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)