An airstrike by the Nigerian Army targeting ‘bandits’ has killed seven children and wounded five others by mistake in Niger Republic.
According to AFP, a local governor said the incident happened on Sunday.
“There was a mistake with the Nigerian strikes on the border that resulted in victims on our territory in the village of Nachade on Friday,” said Chaibou Aboubacar, the governor of the Maradi region.
“The victims are 12 children, seven of them dead and five wounded.”
WITHIN NIGERIA recalls that the Nigerian Air Force in September last year, admitted that its aircraft was responsible for the accidental shooting at Buhari village in Yunusari Local Government of Yobe state.
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