There were 18 militants among them
"The situation is fully under our control, the attempt to destabilize the situation has been foiled," he said
"The destabilization attempt has been foiled," Abderaman Koulamallah said in an address to the nation
There is no reason to panic, the country's Infrastructure Minister Aziz Mahamat Saleh said
The country's President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno was in the palace at the time of the attack, Al Arabiya reported
