Two French soldiers on a reconnaissance mission were injured on Tuesday morning by shooting chadians in n'djamena, chad, has indicated to the Agence France-Presse, the spokesman of the French staff, referring to an " accident ". The two soldiers, who are going to be evacuated and in which the vital prognosis is not engaged, "were on reconnaissance patrol near the presidential palace in order to prepare for an official meeting to come," said the colonel Frédéric Barbry. "The circumstances of the accident are yet to be determined ", he said, adding that investigations were ongoing.

By the end of the morning, an officer of the presidential guard chad had informed the Agence France-Presse, on condition of anonymity, shooting of individuals in civilian clothes. The two men " had come to the edge of a Prado white (a civilian vehicle), they were in civilian clothes and stopped opposite the main gate of the new palace and thus, the military faction fired at them. Then, another car came to retrieve it, " he said.

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