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paragraph_text: On 8 January 2025, an attack was carried out against the presidential palace, known as the Pink Palace, in the Chadian capital N'Djamena by unknown attackers. The 24 attackers attempted to gain entry through a security gate of the presidential palace before being confronted by security forces. Chadian President Mahamat Déby was inside the presidential palace at the time, and he later released a thanking guards for thwarting the attack. A total of 20 people were killed in the attack, of which 18 were attackers and two were presidential guards.
  
  The attack was described by the Minister of Foreign Affairs as an "attempt at destabilization". However, he denied it was a terrorist attack, and described the attackers as disorganized bandits. An investigation by the government has been launched into the motivations of the attackers and their affiliations; however, sources report that it was carried out by Jihadist group Boko Haram. The country has faced an insurgency by Boko Haram since 2014. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Other analysts however, disagreed with this.