Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno, who governed the central African country for over thirty years, was killed Tuesday on the front line in a battle against rebels, the military reported on public TV and radio.
The military said that a traditional council will be led by Deby’s son, Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno.
The shocking declaration came only hours after constituent authorities had pronounced Deby the winner of the April 11 presidential race, preparing for him to remain in power for six additional years.
The conditions of Deby’s death couldn’t quickly be autonomously affirmed because of the distant area of the front line. It was not known why the president would have visited the forefronts in northern Chad or took an interest in progressing conflicts with the renegades who went against his standard.
Deby, a previous armed forces president first came to control in 1990 when his revolutionary powers toppled then-President Hissene Habre, who was subsequently indicted for denials of basic freedoms at a global council in Senegal.
Throughout the long term Deby had endured various uprisings and figured out how to remain in power until this most recent insurrection driven by a group considering itself the Front for Change and Concord in Chad.
The dissidents are accepted to have equipped and prepared in adjoining Libya prior to intersection into northern Chad on April 11. Their appearance came that very day that Chad’s leader looked for a 6th term on final voting day, which a few top opposition contestants boycotted.
