Urgent: Civilian casualties feared as Nigerian military airstrike hits market-Xinhua

Urgent: Civilian casualties feared as Nigerian military airstrike hits market

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-04-13 04:22:00

ABUJA, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Civilian casualties are feared after a military airstrike struck a village market in northeastern Nigeria, local media reported on Sunday.

Between 30 and 200 people may have been killed when the airstrike hit a weekly market in Jilli village, along the border between Borno and Yobe states, on Saturday evening, according to media reports, citing multiple local sources.