Nigerian air force mistakenly bombs civilians – MP

A military jet from Nigeria allegedly fired a missile at a community in the north-western state of Katsina while it was intended to be targeting armed groups.

According to local MP Abduljalal Haruna Runka, at least one person was killed and more than a dozen others are receiving medical attention in a hospital.

The announcement comes a day after gunmen ambushed President Muhammadu Buhari's advance security team as they prepared to fly to the state to celebrate Eid this weekend.

The purported attack on civilians has not yet been addressed by the Nigerian military.

 However, in a previous statement, it claimed that two camps where people it referred to as "terrorists" were hiding near several nearby villages had been struck by its aircraft.

Many instances of Nigerian military aircraft accidentally hitting civilians during operations against members of armed groups—who are frequently concealed in civilian areas—have occurred in recent years.

The most notorious was in 2017 when over 100 civilians and relief workers were killed at a camp for displaced people close to the Cameroonian border.