At Least 100 Dead in Nigeria After Air Force Misfire on Market, Sources Say

Nigerian Air Force officers display ammunition next to a fighter jet during an event in Makurdi, Nigeria, on April 22, 2017. Sunday Alamba/AP PhotoMAIDUGURI, Nigeria—A Nigerian Air Force strike targeting jihadi rebels hit a local market in northeastern Nigeria, killing over 100 civilians including children and injuring many others, a rights group and local media reported on Sunday. Officials confirmed a misfire without providing details.Amnesty International cited survivors as saying that at least 100 people were killed in the airstrike on Saturday on a village in Yobe state, near the border with Borno state, which is the epicenter of the jihadi insurgency that has ravaged the region for over a decade.