Children killed, houses destroyed as NAF conducts air strikes in Niger

 

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) air strike in Kuregba community of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State has killed innocent children and destroyed houses.

Six children between the ages of 5 and 12 years were accidentally killed in the air offensives that were designed to rout terrorists wreaking havoc in the area.

According to Daily Trust, several houses were also destroyed by the air strike that was conducted on Wednesday.

The spokesman of Coalition of Shiroro Associations, Salis Mohammed Sabo, said the children were struck in the morning when they were fetching water from a motorised borehole within the Kurebe community.

Sabo said a father lost two of his daughters and two granddaughters to 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 hierarchy is yet to issue a statement on the tragic incident.