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Urgent: Nigeria's fighter jet mistakenly strikes refugee camp: army

Xinhua, January 18, 2017 Adjust font size:

A Nigerian fighter jet misfired into a refugee camp in the northeastern state of Borno on Tuesday, killing two soldiers and a number of civilians, the Nigerian Army said.

The civilian victims, whose exact number could not be confirmed yet, included aid workers of the International Committee of Red Cross and the Medicines Sans Frontiers, said the source. Endit