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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Dyepkazah Shibayan and Haruna Umar

At least 100 dead in Nigeria after air force 'misfire' on market, sources say

Nigeria Airstrike - (Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A Nigerian Air Force strike targeting jihadi rebels hit a local market in northeastern Nigeria, killing over 100 civilians including children and injuring many others, a rights group and local media reported on Sunday. Officials confirmed a misfire without providing details.

Amnesty International cited survivors as saying that at least 100 people were killed in the airstrike on Saturday on a village in Yobe state, near the border with Borno state, which is the epicenter of the jihadi insurgency that has ravaged the region for over a decade.

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