Nigeria army drone strike accident kills at least 85 civilians
by Agence France-Presse in Lagos from World news | The Guardian on (#6GX5J)
Scores of civilians die in one of country's deadliest military bombing accidents
A Nigerian army drone strike accidently killed at least 85 civilians in a village in north-west Kaduna State, emergency officials said, in one of the country's deadliest military bombing accidents.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday ordered an investigation after the army acknowledged one of its drones accidently struck Tudun Biri village on Sunday as residents were celebrating a Muslim festival.
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