At least 50 dead, hundreds injured after Nigeria mistakenly bombs refugee camp

A Nigerian fighter jet bombed a refugee camp Tuesday, mistaking it for Boko Haram militants, killing scores of people, authorities said. The camp — run by Doctors without Borders and the International Red Cross — was located in the embattled Borno state in northeast Nigeria. I coordinated and I directed that the air component of the operation should go and address the problem," Irabor said. “Unfortunately, the strike was conducted but it turned out that other civilians were somewhere around the area and they were affected. Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor Though the government has provided no official death toll, an aid organization said more than 50 people were killed.