Over 100 people were killed in an airstrike on a Jilli village market in northeast Nigeria, Amnesty International said on Sunday, citing survivors of the bombing.
"Witnesses said three military jets fired on the market yesterday. Emergency section of Geidam General Hospital had so far received 35 people with severe injuries," the international human rights watchdog said in an online post.
"We are in touch with people that are there, we spoke with the hospital," Isa Sanusi, Amnesty International's Nigeria director, told the AP news agency.
"We spoke with the person in charge of casualties, and we spoke with the victims," he said. "We have their pictures and they include children," he said.
Military says it conducted a 'precision' strike near abandoned village
Meanwhile, Nigeria's military confirmed a "precision" strike against a location in Jilli, describing the attack as a "carefully, well coordinated planned and intelligence-driven operation" against a "known terrorist enclave and logistics hub located near the abandoned village of Jilli."
The bombing apparently took place on Saturday. Nigeria is engaged in long-running clashes against Boko Haram and other jihadist groups.
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