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Tuesday 14 Jul 2015 - 18:03 Makkah mean time-27-9-1436
N'Djamena (IINA) - Chad has banned people in the country from wearing niqab (full-face veil), following two suicide bomb attacks that hit the capital on Monday, according to media reports.
In a controversial decision, the Chadian police have warned that anyone wearing a niqab will be arrested to curb deteriorating security conditions and suicide attacks in the country.
"This attack just confirms that a ban on the full-face veil was justified," National Police Representative Paul Manga told AFP, adding that "it now must be respected more than ever by the entire population".
"Anyone who does not obey the law will be automatically arrested and brought to justice," he warned.
The controversial decision followed an attack at a market in the capital, N'Djamena, last Saturday, which left 15 dead, and 80 injured.
Following the attack, which was claimed by Boko Haram militant group, security was tightened across the capital with police and soldiers deployed in all areas, including intersections, markets and mosques.
Chadian Prime Minister Kalzeube Pahimi Deubet said the niqab was used as a "camouflage" by militants and added that the security forces will burn all full-face veils sold in markets, according to BBC.
At a meeting with religious leaders, the primer said the ban is applied everywhere, not only public places.
The attackers were on motorcycles when they blew themselves up outside two police buildings in the capital.
SM/IINA
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