Nigerian Air Strike Kills Over 100 Civilians

0:00It's April 13th. Welcome to Sydney News Today, powered by AI. A Nigerian Air Force strike hit a busy market in the village of Jilly, on the border of Yobay and Borno States in the Northeast. Reports from Amos the International and Local Sources say it killed more than 100 civilians, including children, with some estimates reaching, over, over 200. The military says they were targeting a Boko Haram terrorist enclave nearby. That area has seen a jihadian urgency for more than a decade, and the market is known as a spot where militants buy food and supplies. Officials got intelligence about Boko Haram fighters gathering close by, planning attacks on nearby towns, so they sent in the jets. Survivors and families are devastated, with hospital workers confirming heavy casualties among shoppers and vendors. Rights groups like Amnesty point out photos of child victims and accuse the military of often calling civilian deaths, something else. Local leaders admit it was a misfire, but aren't saying much more.

1:02The Nigerian military has started its own probe through a civilian harm investigation team, heading to the site. Amnesty is pushing hard for an independent look into what went down. These kinds of air raid errors happen too often there, with at least 500 civilian deaths from misfires since 2017. Nigeria keys battling these armed groups in the north, from Boko Haram to their Islamic state offshoots amid kidnappings and chaos. Expect more details as the investigation unfold, but this tragedy underscores the tough fight in those remote forest zones.