It has been reported that an airstrike by the Nigerian army targeting ‘bandits’ has killed many kids in error.
A local governor told the Agence France Presse, AFP, on Sunday that the airstrike killed seven children and wounded five others by mistake in Niger.
“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.”
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