An airstrike by the Nigerian Army targeting ‘bandits’ in Niger Republic has killed seven children and wounded five others by mistake.
A local governor disclosed this to Agence France Presse on Sunday.
Chaibou Aboubacar, the Governor of Maradi Region, said, “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.”