The government of Chad has insisted the situation in capitol N’Djamena is stable after gunshots were heard near the presidential palace.
Foreign Minister Abderaman Koulamallah said in a video apparently recorded within the palace complex that there had been a “little incident” but that “everything is calm”.
Sources close to the African state’s government said clashes had occurred between security forces and “terrorist elements”.
The French news agency AFP quoted Koulamallah as saying that 18 attackers and a member of the security forces had been killed.