 One of Chad's top army officers has been killed in fighting with rebels in a battle near Chad's border with Sudan. Gen Moussa Seugui died after being shot in the shoulder in the south-eastern town of Hadjer Meram, Defence Minister Bichara Issa told the BBC. The general was taken to hospital but doctors were unable to save him. Mr Issa said the army had lost four of its men and claimed 100 rebels had been killed although there is no independent confirmation of the figures. The BBC's Stephanie Hancock in Chad has been told by military sources that casualties from the fighting were extremely heavy and the actual number may be far higher. The fighting is part of a week-long offensive by rebels of the recently-formed Union for the Forces of Development and Democracy. ...
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