Botched Nigeria air strike killed 90: Doctors Without Borders

Most of the victims of the strike in the country's northeast on Tuesday were women and children, MSF said.

Update: 2017-01-20 06:49 GMT
This handout image received courtesy of Doctors Without Border (MSF) shows people standing next to destruction after an air force jet accidentally bombarded a camp for those displaced by Boko Haram Islamists, in Rann, northeast Nigeria. (Photo: AFP)

Geneva: A botched air strike by the Nigerian Air Force earlier this week on a camp for people displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency killed at least 90 people, the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) aid group said Friday.

Most of the victims of the strike in the country's northeast on Tuesday were women and children, MSF said. Nigeria has said an air force board of inquiry will investigate the incident.

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