Nigerian military jets struck a village market while pursuing Islamist militants, 200 feared dead
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Nigerian military jets struck a village market while pursuing Islamist militants in the northeast on Saturday night, with at least 200 civilians feared dead, a councillor for the area and residents said on Sunday.
Reuters
12 April 2026 at 14:11:31
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Abdulsamad Rabo
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Nigerian military jets struck a village market while pursuing Islamist militants in the northeast on Saturday night, with at least 200 civilians feared dead, a councillor for the area and residents said on Sunday.
The incident happened in a Yobe state village, on the border with Borno state, the heartland of a long-running insurgency that has killed thousands and displaced millions more.
-Reporting by Ahmed Kingimi and Adewale Kolawole in Maiduguri and Hamza Ibrahim in Kano; Writing by MacDonald Dzirutwe; Editing by David Goodman/Reuters
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