Death Toll
In IDP Camp Bombing Rises To 76
The death
toll in the accidental strike launched by the Nigerian Air Force on Tuesday on
an Internally Displaced Persons, IDP, camp, at Rann in Borno state has risen to
76.
This is
even as more than 100 were wounded, the International Red Cross and Red
Crescent Movement (ICRC) said on Wednesday.
As of
Tuesday, the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) reported the death toll as 52 with
120 wounded.
ICRC said
six Nigeria Red Cross members were killed and 13 wounded. “In addition to aid
staff, it is estimated that 70 people have been killed and more than a hundred
wounded,” it said in a statement.
Alhaji Lai
Mohammed, the information minister, said “the accidental bombing is not a true
reflection of the level of professionalism” he had witnessed in the air force,
in a statement issued earlier today.
He
described as utterly tragic the accidental bombing of a civilian community in
Rann, Borno State, by a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) jet, causing deaths and
injuries.
The Air
Force had said an unspecified number of civilians were killed and wounded in
the mistaken strike in Borno state.
Meanwhile,
the Air Force says it regretted the accidental attack, which was aimed at Boko
Haram group.
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