Nairobi, Feb. 29 -- Several people, including a top opposition leader, were on Wednesday killed following an overnight attack on Chad's internal security agency in the capital N'Djamena.

The government blamed the attack on the opposition.

Chadian Minister for Communication Abderaman Koulamalla said in a statement that the attack on the National Agency for State Security (ANSE) was carried out by members of the Socialist Party Without Borders (PSF), opposition party led by Yaya Dillo.

Later, local media reports indicated the forces had killed Dillo even though the government itself did not immediately confirm it.

Tchad One, a local independent news outlet, reported the "assassination" of Dillo and later high "palpable tensions" in the ...