Rann bombing

Rann bombing
Part of the Boko Haram insurgency
TypeAirstrike
Location
Rann, Borno State, Nigeria

12°16′12″N 14°27′49″E / 12.2701°N 14.4636°E / 12.2701; 14.4636
TargetBoko Haram
Date17 January 2017 (2017-01-17)
Executed byNigeria Nigerian Air Force
Casualties115 (confirmed)[1] killed
100–200[2] injured
Rann is located in Nigeria
Rann
Rann
Location of Rann within Nigeria

On 17 January 2017, a Nigerian Air Force jet mistakenly bombed an internally displaced persons camp near the Cameroonian border in Rann, Borno State. They had believed it was a Boko Haram encampment.[2][3][4][5][6][7] The bombing left at least 115 people dead,[1] including six Red Cross aid workers, and left more than 100 injured.[2]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference bbc 1/24 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  6. ^ Searcey, Dionne (17 January 2017). "Nigerian Jet Mistakenly Bombs Refugee Camp, Killing Scores". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 19 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
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