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Airstrike in Nigeria kills dozens, civilians feared among victims

At least 56 people were killed and 14 injured after a military airstrike hit a market in northeastern Nigeria, according to a UN report, with locals and rights groups warning that civilians were among those killed.

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00:00At least 56 people were mistakenly killed and several others injured in airstrike on the Jili market in northeastern Nigeria
00:09on Saturday.
00:10The military says it was targeting jihadist fighters, but several reports say that civilians were among the dead.
00:19Today we have received more than 20 patients today.
00:23Some patients that need immediate intervention, they need excellent.
00:26There are some we refer to the UMTH, but there are some that are minor-miners we have.
00:32I told them there are signals and treatments. The word is taken.
00:37Amnesty International alias said on X there were more than 100 dead and 35 people seriously wounded.
00:44I got up to go to my horse and the rest of my goats to drive them home when suddenly
00:50a jet came and hit us.
00:51About 30 people were injured.
00:53For 17 years, the Africa's most populous nation has been battling jihadist insurgency that began with Boko Haram's uprising in
01:012009,
01:02leading to the rise of formidable splinter factions such as Islamic State West Africa Province.
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