The dual² blasts have reportedly killed at least 27 people, including four suspected Boko Haram Islamist fighters.

 

The attacks also left more than 100 people injured. 

 

A witness gives details.

 

"We heard a big noise and immediately dust came in through the windows. The three of us left the office and came back in to see all the dust coming in the windows and we saw bodies and injured people on the ground. We looked at the time and it was exactly 9:05. Then people started coming from everywhere. "

 

Local authorities say the attacks mainly targeted people at a police training school, along with the police headquarters.

 

The twin bombings, including at least one suicide bomb, are the first of their kind in the country.

 

Chad is a major western ally in fighting against al Qaeda-linked groups in Mali and Boko Haram in Nigeria.

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