Wednesday, 18 February 2015

Air Strike By Unidentified Plane On Niger Village Kills At Least 20 --Local Officials

Between 20 and 30 mourners at a funeral ceremony were killed when an
unidentified plane bombarded a village in Niger near the Nigerian
border, local officials and humanitarian sources said Wednesday.

The strike on Tuesday came with Niger involved in a regional offensive
in the area against Boko Haram fighters.A humanitarian source put the
death toll at between 20 and 30 while two local officials told AFP
there were 31 or 32 dead and 20 wounded.
--Vanguard

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