The Chadian chief prosecutor, Youssouf Tom, said on Saturday a group of 44 suspected members of Boko Haram who were arrested during a recent operation against the terror group had been found dead in their prison cell.
Tom, who disclosed this on national television, said the suspected terrorists were found dead in their cell on Thursday.
According to him, they were among a group of 58 suspects jailed during a recent army operation in the Lake Chad zone.
He said: “Following the fighting around Lake Chad, 58 members of Boko Haram had been taken prisoner and sent to Ndjamena for the purposes of the investigation.
“On Thursday morning, their jailers told us that 44 prisoners had been found dead in their cell.
The prosecutor said 40 persons have been buried while four others were sent to the medical examiner for an autopsy.
