Abuja — A Nigerian military airstrike targeting bandits has killed seven children and injured five others in the southern part of neighboring Niger.
A local governor of the Maradi region near Nigeria, Chaibou Aboubacar, confirmed the incident to the French news agency on Sunday. Aboubacar said the strike occurred on Friday in the village of Nachade and that four of the children died instantly while three others died on their way to the hospital.
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