An air strike by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has reportedly killed six children between the ages of five and 12 years in Kuregba community of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State.
The NAF jet was targeting the hideouts of terrorists in part of the local government when it missed the target and mistakenly struck the community.
Residents said several houses were destroyed by the air strike that was conducted on Wednesday.
According to the spokesman of Coalition of Shiroro Associations, Salis Mohammed Sabo, the strike was in the morning when the children went fetching water from a motorised borehole in the community.
Sabo said a father lost two of his daughters and two granddaughters in the strike, adding that the community where the air strike took place was not the hideout of the bandits.
“The terrorists’ camps are well known. The terrorists around the community are of two groups, with two different camps. One links up with the community through Unguwan Zomo, the other through Kwantan Yashi area,” he said.
The NAF is yet to make a statement on this incident.
