Nigeria Bombs Market, Killing Up To 200 People
Survivors are questioning the Nigerian military's rationale for a devastating airstrike that targeted a busy market, resulting in high civilian casualties. The attack, which occurred on the border between Borno and Yobe states, has raised concerns about the military's targeting practices.
<p>Devastating attack killed up to 200 people, many of them civilians, with military saying it was a ‘precision airstrike’</p><p>Survivors and observers have questioned the Nigerian military’s rationale for <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/12/nigeria-airstrike-market-yobe-state-boko-haram">a devastating airstrike on a busy market</a> that killed as many as 200 people, many of them civilians.</p><p>The hit on Jilli market on the border of the north-eastern Borno and Yobe states...