Outrage Erupts as Nigerian Airstrike Kills Civilians at Busy Market

Survivors question military's rationale for devastating attack that killed up to 200 people, many of them civilians, in effort to target jihadist group.
Outrage has erupted in Nigeria after a devastating airstrike by the military on a busy market killed as many as 200 people, many of them civilians. Survivors and observers are questioning the military's rationale for the attack, which they say was an effort to target a jihadist group.
The airstrike hit Jilli market on the border of the north-eastern Borno and Yobe states on Saturday, marking the latest in a string of attacks by the country's air force over the past decade with a high civilian death toll. The military has claimed the strike was a
Source: The Guardian


