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Botched air strike may have killed up to 236

───   10:42 Sun, 22 Jan 2017

Botched air strike may have killed up to 236  | News Article

Kano - As many as 236 people may have been killed in the botched Nigerian air strike against Boko Haram that hit a camp for civilians displaced by the unrest.


Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says the death toll from Tuesday's strike on the town of Rann in the far northeast has risen to 90, although it claims that it could climb as high as 170. 

But Babagana Malarima, president of the local Kala-Balge government in Borno State where the strike took place, claimed the death toll is much higher as the people on the ground claimed to have buried at least 234 and two wounded later died as well. 

The bombed camp had been set up to help people fleeing Boko Haram Islamists in Borno State. 

Nigeria's air force says it is investigating the incident but military commanders have already claimed it was a mistake.

-news24.com



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