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More than 100 dead as Nigeria 'mistakenly' attacks refugees

Smoke rises from a burnt out shelter at a camp for displaced people in Rann, Nigeria (AAP).jpg

Smoke rises from a burnt out shelter at a camp for displaced people in Rann, Nigeria, Tuesday Jan. 17, 2017. (Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) via AP) Source: MSF

More than a hundred people are reported dead after a Nigerian military jet mistakenly bombed a refugee settlement. Aid workers from Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) and the Red Cross were among the victims. The bombing took place at a camp in Rann, in Nigeria's northeast, near the border with Cameroon.


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More than a hundred people are reported dead after a Nigerian military jet mistakenly bombed a refugee settlement. Aid workers from Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) and the Red Cross were among the victims. The bombing took place at a camp in Rann, in Nigeria's northeast, near the border with Cameroon.



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