Boko Haram suicide attack in Nigeria
(Representational picture) Security sources told AFP that region was put under a state of emergency in November following attacks by Boko Haram militants.Reuters File

At least 27 were killed and 80 others wounded in a triple suicide attack in a Lake Chad island on Saturday, reports said.

According to a report by AFP, suicide attacks were carried out at three different areas of a weekly market on Loulou Fou island in Lake Chad.

Security sources told AFP the region was put under a state of emergency in November following attacks by Boko Haram militants.