200 feared dead after Nigerian air strike hits market in northeast Yobe state

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A Nigerian air strike on Saturday night at a village market in Yobe state, near the Borno border, is feared to have killed at least 200 people. The strike occurred in the Jilli area, reportedly while the military was pursuing Boko Haram militants. While the Nigerian Air Force claimed to have killed militants in the Jilli axis, they did not confirm striking a market. Yobe state officials acknowledged an air strike near a market, and emergency response efforts have been activated. Residents and officials confirmed the strike and the high casualty count, with injured individuals being transported to hospitals in Yobe and Borno.

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The Yobe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said it had received preliminary reports of an incident at Jilli Market.

factualThe Yobe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA)

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Nigeria’s Air Force said it had killed Boko Haram militants in the Jilli axis in Borno state.

factualNigeria’s Air Force

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An air strike on the area had been conducted near a market that people were attending.

factualBrigadier General Dahiru Abdulsalam, military adviser to the Yobe state government

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200 people are feared dead after Nigerian military planes struck a village market.

factuala councillor for the area and residents

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Over 200 people have lost their lives from the air strike at the market.

quoteLawan Zanna Nur Geidam, the councillor and traditional head of Fuchimeram ward

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At least ⁠200 people are feared dead after Nigerian military planes struck a village market while pursuing Islamist militants in the northeast of the country on Saturday night, a councillor for the area and residents said on Sunday.Nigeria’s Air Force said it had killed ‌Boko Haram militants in the Jilli axis in Borno state, but in a statement released to Reuters on Sunday it did not mention hitting a market. It did not respond to further requests for comment.The government of the neighbouring Yobe state later said in a statement that an air strike on the area had been conducted near a market that people ⁠were attending.“Some people from Geidam LGA (local government area) bordering Gubio LGA in Borno state who went to ‌the Jilli weekly market were affected,” said Brigadier General Dahiru Abdulsalam, military adviser to the Yobe state government.He gave no further details.The strike took place in a ‌village in Yobe on the border with Borno, the heartland of a long-running insurgency ⁠that has killed thousands ⁠of people and displaced millions more.Lawan Zanna Nur Geidam, the councillor and traditional head of Fuchimeram ward in Yobe’s Geidam ‌district told Reuters that those injured were being taken to hospitals in Yobe and Borno.“It’s a very devastating incident at Jilli ‌Market. As ‌I’m speaking to you, over 200 people have lost their lives from the air strike at ‌the market,” he said in a phone interview.Three other residents and an official from an international humanitarian ⁠agency confirmed the strike and likely death toll.The Yobe state Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said it had ⁠received preliminary reports of an incident at Jilli Market “which reportedly resulted in casualties affecting some marketers” and activated emergency response.Ahmed Ali, a 43-year-old resident who sells medical consumables at the ‌market, said he had been ‌injured in a blast.Further Reading“I became so scared and attempted to run away, but a friend dragged me and we all lay on the ground,” he said from hospital.

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