The Nigerian Air Force targeting ‘bandits’ has killed seven children and wounded five others by mistake in Niger Republic.
According to the Governor of the Maradi region, CHAIBOU ABOUBACAR, the victims are 12 children, seven of them dead and five wounded.
He said four children died instantly and three others succumbed “to their injuries while being transported to hospital.
ABOUBACAR, who said the parents were attending a ceremony and the children were probably playing when the strikes occurred, added that the planes were targeting “armed bandits” in the border areas, but “missed their target” hitting Nachade instead.
Several municipalities in the Maradi region are seriously affected by the violence of heavily armed gangs from the Nigerian states of neighboring Katsina, Sokoto and Zamfara.
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