Nigeria Air Force orders investigation after dozens killed in airstrike
Source: BBC
The Nigerian Air Force says it has launched an investigation after dozens of civilians were reportedly killed in an airstrike on a market on Saturday.
The strike happened at Jilli market, along the border between Borno and Yobe states, as military aircraft were hunting Islamist militants. Local residents and Amnesty International say more than 100 people lost their lives.
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Describing it as "a carefully, well-coordinated planned and intelligence-driven operation", the military said it had "successfully conducted a precision air strike on a known terrorist enclave and logistics hub located near the abandoned village of Jilli".
It said "scores of terrorists" were killed in the strike, but did not mention any civilian casualties.
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This looks like a fuck-up rather than a "kill them all, God will sort them out" massacre, but it's still appalling. Jilli was clearly not "abandoned", and the Nigerian Air Force doesn't know what the innocent Nigerians do.
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