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Nigerian airstrike leaves 200 feared dead in Yobe, councillor and residents say

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12-04-2026 | 10:12

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Nigerian airstrike leaves 200 feared dead in Yobe, councillor and residents say

Nigerian military jets struck a village market ‌while pursuing Islamist militants in the northeast on Saturday night, with at least 200 civilians feared dead, a councilor for the area and residents said on Sunday.

The incident happened in a Yobe state village, on ‌the border with Borno state, the heartland of a long-running insurgency that has killed thousands and displaced millions more.

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