More than 100 people were killed in an airstrike on a market in the village of Jilli in northeastern Nigeria, Amnesty International said on Sunday, citing survivors of the bombing.
“Witnesses said three military jets fired on the market yesterday. So far 35 people have been seriously injured in the emergency section of Geidam General Hospital,” the international human rights watchdog said in an online post.
“We are in contact with the people there, we have spoken to the hospital,” Isa Sanusi, Amnesty International’s Nigeria director, told the AP news agency.
“We talked to the person in charge of the casualties, and we also talked to the victims,” he said. “We have their photographs and they include children,” he said.
Army says it carried out ‘accurate’ strike near abandoned village
Meanwhile, Nigeria’s military confirmed a “precision” strike on a location in Jilli, and described the attack as a “careful, well-coordinated planned and intelligence-driven operation” against a “known terrorist enclave and logistics hub” located near the abandoned village of Jilli.
The bombing apparently took place on Saturday. Nigeria is engaged in a long-running conflict against Boko Haram and other jihadist groups.
Edited by: Jennifer Cimino Gonzalez