Officials confirm misfire as Amnesty gives death toll after speaking to survivors of strike on market in Yobe state
A Nigerian air force strike targeting jihadist rebels hit a market in north-east Nigeria, killing more than 100 people and injuring many others, Amnesty International and local media have said.
Officials confirmed a misfire had occurred but did not provide details.
Amnesty International said it confirmed from survivors that at least 100 people had been killed in the airstrike on a village in Yobe state near the border with Borno state, the centre of the jihadist insurgency that has ravaged the region for more than a decade.
The Nigerian military often conducts air raids to battle armed groups who use vast forest enclaves, and have killed at least 500 civilians since 2017, according to an Associated Press tally of reported deaths.
