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Radio France Internationale
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Melissa Chemam with RFI

Drone strike accidently kills 85 civilians in Nigeria

Victims of the bombing in a hospital, in Kaduna State, Nigeria, on 3 December 2023. © Daily Trust

A Nigerian army drone strike accidently killed at least 85 civilians in a village in northwest Kaduna State, officials said, in one of the country's deadliest military bombing mishaps.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday ordered an investigation after the army acknowledged one of its drones aimed at armed groups had accidently struck the Tudun Biri village as residents were celebrating a religious holiday.

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