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The Nigerian Army has been fighting the criminal gangs present in Zamfara state for a long time. symbolic image
16 people were killed in a military airstrike on Sunday in Zamfara, the north-western state of African country Nigeria. According to news agency AFP, a pilot had mistakenly considered the local people’s defense force to be a criminal gang. The Nigerian Army has been fighting criminal gangs in this area for a long time. They are locally called dacoits.
These fighters attack villages, kidnap people for ransom and burn their houses. Because of this, common people living here also take guns in self-defense and drive the criminals out of the areas.
Also on Saturday, bandits attacked Dangebe village in Zamfara and looted many animals. After this, the villagers attacked them with guns and were returning after driving them out, when the fighter plane opened fire on them near Tungar Kara village.
Amnesty International puts the death toll at 20. Nigerian authorities have been demanded to conduct an immediate and impartial investigation into this airstrike. The death toll in this incident may increase further.
Wrong air attack was carried out in 2023 also
Let us tell you that this is not the first time that such an air attack has been carried out on common people in Nigeria. In 2023, the Nigerian army mistakenly opened fire on a religious gathering in north-western Kaduna state, killing 85 people. Apart from this, in 2017, 112 people were killed in an air strike on a refugee camp.
Oil and gas reserves, unrest due to mutual conflict Nigeria is the largest democratic country in Africa. The population of Nigeria is 23 crores. This country is among the countries with the fastest growing population. Nigeria has huge reserves of oil and gas, but due to mutual conflict there is constant political turmoil.
According to BBC, Nigeria is divided into two parts. Poverty is high in the northern part where Muslims are in majority. Southern and Eastern Nigeria have a large Christian population. This area is more prosperous.
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