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Nigeria Air Force owns up to 2023 bombing that killed civilians

Nigeria Air Force owns up to 2023 bombing that killed civilians

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said that it regretted a strike that killed dozens of civilians and injured others a year ago, accepting for the first time its responsibility for the incident investigated by Reuters. Dozens of ethnic Fulani herders died in the January 2023 aerial bombing in central Nasarawa state as they unloaded cattle retrieved from authorities in a neighbouring state, according to witnesses, local leaders and detailed complaints. In a rare acknowledgement of responsibility, the Air Force said its chief of air staff Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar had at the weekend visited affected communities after reviewing reports of the…
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