Nigerian military jet accidentally kills over 50 civilians & humanitarian aid workers in Borno settlement
The Nigerian military on Tuesday
said a fighter jet accidentally
shot some civilians and
humanitarian aid workers during
an operation in Kala Balge,
Borno State. The Theatre Commander of
Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj. Gen.
Lucky Irabor, who disclosed this
during a press briefing on
Tuesday in Maiduguri, said
soldiers got information of movement of Boko Haram
members and deployed ground
troops and air cover to tackle
the terrorists. "This morning, we received a
report about the gathering of
Boko Haram terrorists around
Kala Balge area of Maiduguri. I
coordinated and I directed that
the air component of the operation should go and address
the problem. "Unfortunately, the strike was
conducted but it turned out that
other civilians were somewhere
around the area and they were
affected. So far, it is a little bit
disturbing; death has occurred. There are casualties; there were
deaths and injuries but on the
actual number of casualties, we
would get back to you later. "I am yet to get the number of
casualties of civilians killed, but
two soldiers were also affected.
Some humanitarian staff of
Medicines Sans Frontiers and
some staff of International Committee of Red Cross(ICRC)
were also affected. "We are
sending helicopters to evacuate
those that were critically
wounded, including our
wounded soldiers," Irabor added.
Created at 2017-01-17 19:55:17
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