Nigeria Military Airstrike Targeting Bandits Kills 7 Innocent Children, Injured Others In Niger

Agence France Presse, AFP has informed the general public that a fighter jet mounted by men of the Armed Forces of Nigeria has killed seven innocent children with 5 others wounded in the Nachade border town of Niger Republic on Friday while targeting bandits in the area.

Chaibou Aboubacar, the governor of the Maradi region, confirmed the incident with AFP.

Aboubacar told AFP on Sunday that 12 children in total were affected by the strike, of which seven have died and five currently receiving treatment for injuries sustained.

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“There was a mistake with the Nigerian strikes on the border that resulted in victims on our territory in the village of Nachade.”

“The victims are 12 children, seven of them dead and five wounded.”

“The parents were attending a ceremony and the children were probably playing when the strikes…” said Aboubacar.

The Governor said he believed that the plane was targeting “armed bandits” in the border areas, but “missed their target” hitting Nachade instead.

The governor revealed that he visited the graves of the children on Saturday and also stopped at the bombardment scene.