<img title="A wounded child after an air force jet accidentally bombarded a camp for those displaced by Boko Haram Islamists, in Rann. Pic/AFP" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2017/jan/Wounded-child.jpg" alt="A wounded child after an air force jet accidentally bombarded a camp for those displaced by Boko Haram Islamists, in Rann. Pic/AFP" /> A wounded child after an air force jet accidentally bombarded a camp for those displaced by Boko Haram Islamists, in Rann. Pic/AFP
Maidugiri: The death toll from a botched air strike on Boko Haram fighters in northeast Nigeria rose to 70 yesterday, as aid agencies indicated more could die without urgent treatment.
Nigeria called yesterday&rsquo;s incident at a camp for displaced people in Rann a mistake and blamed the &ldquo;fog of war&rdquo;, sparking strong condemnation from aid agencies working in the crisis-hit region.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which lost six members of its Nigerian affiliate, said: &ldquo;It is estimated that 70 people have been killed and more than 100 wounded.&rdquo;
ICRC surgeon Laurent Singa, part of a team dispatched to Rann shortly after the bombing, described the conditions for post-operative care as &ldquo;not adequate&rdquo;.
&ldquo;All the patients must be evacuated to (the Borno state capital) Maiduguri as soon as possible,&rdquo; he added in a statement.
Nine patients were said to be in a critical condition and were evacuated to Maiduguri on Tuesday. Forty-six of the 90 that remain were said to be &ldquo;severely injured&rdquo;.

The death toll from a botched air strike on Boko Haram fighters in northeast Nigeria rose to 70 yesterday, as aid agencies indicated more could die without urgent treatment

Death toll in botched Nigeria air strike soars to 70

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The death toll from a botched air strike on Boko Haram fighters in northeast Nigeria rose to 70 yesterday, as aid agencies indicated more could die without urgent treatment

Death toll in botched Nigeria air strike soars to 70

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