Tragedy struck on Wednesday as a fighter jet operated by the Nigerian Air Force bombed Kunkuna village in the Safana Local Government Area of ​​Katsina State, killing a yet-to-be ascertained number of villagers.

Though details of the incident are still sketchy, it was learnt that the pilots of the military jet “accidentally” hit the wrong coordinates while targeting a camp belonging to bandits in the area.

“A military jet earlier today dropped airstrikes on Kunkuna Village in Safana Local Government Area of ​​Katsina State. We cannot confirm the number of casualties now,” a source said.

SaharaReporters called Edward Gabkwet, Air Force spokesman but the calls were not answered nor returned.

On Tuesday, terrorists attacked an advance team in the convoy of President Muhammadu Buhari in Katsina.

Villagers in the past have reported some civilian casualties in aerial bombardments in Northeastern Nigeria.

In 2020, a military jet deployed to repel an attack by Boko Haram dropped a bomb that landed in a compound where civilians were having child christening.

A fighter jet also on a mission against Boko Haram extremists in April 2021 mistakenly bombed men of the Nigerian Army, killing over 20 officers.

The soldiers who were reinforced from Ngandu village were said to be on their way to Mainok, headquarters of the Kaga Local Government Area of Borno state which was under attack by militants from the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād.

Some of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 and freed last year also said three of their classmates were killed by Air Force bombardments.

In June 2021, an offensive aerial bombardment of the NAF Alpha jet carried out around Genu town in Niger State resulted in the killing of some wedding guests.

In September 2021, about 10 villagers were killed after a military jet bombed a village in the Yunusari Local Government Area of Yobe State.

A few days later, an Air Force jet dropped a bomb on a Nigerian community in the Lake Chad region.

In February 2022, an airstrike by the Nigerian Air Force targeting bandits killed seven children and wounded five others by mistake in the Niger Republic.

https://saharareporters.com/2022/07/06/breaking-many-feared-dead-nigerian-air-force-jet-%E2%80%98accidentally%E2%80%99-bombs-katsina-village

They scored an own goal due to negligence cum incompetence

Buhari has finished Nigeria, top to bottom

Welcome to the zoo

This is not the first time something like this is happening. Last year or two years ago, some soldiers mistakenly killed their colleagues in an attempt to fight Boko Haram. This shows they are not trained. I do not even believe it is a real mistake. It might be a political mistake.

na wa..what kind of mistake is this?...we will run from boko haram,bandits or iswap...and we will still run from our military...naija we hail thee

WTF!

Buhari is a bastaaardd

We at Lizardbbqgrillz label this as fake news, it was actually insurgents that were blown away by the gallant military men.

The quota-system army is one of the best in the world.


Sai baba
Sai 4+4+4

He mistakenly hit a button when he is not a novice, Keep deceiving yourself

Last last naija nah cruise

Nigeria is in World war 3 since 2015. Apc +Buburu is winning the war.

Are u sure that it is a mistake abi na part of Dem.

Apart from killing Innocent people, who can tell what else nigerian soldiers are good in.

okoooo

People don't understand what's happening.

Those accidental bombings are on Christian communities.

Just don't worry una go hear story wen time come.

Sahara why always rushing to spread bad news about Nigeria, but we never hear no good news from Nigeria on Sahara. You people are enemies of Nigeria.

To serve Nigeria is not by force.

Crazy things are happening when u think u have seen it all.

If it's not fake, den naija is on autopilot.

Karlovych:
We at Lizardbbqgrillz label this as fake news, it was actually insurgents that were blown away by the gallant military men.

The quota-system army is one of the best in the world.


Sai baba
Sai 4+4+4

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Seconded by Garuba Shehu
Very funny

Bomb any community harbouring the terrorists!

If they can't report to the security agencies..they are complicit of the crime.

Buhari must be ready to really come hard on these terrorists

The nigerian army are good in scouring own goal.

Nigerian air force pilots don't know anything about coordinates

What kind of mistake

Another Aboki, same mistake.

Forget, nothing like mistakes. When they attack any villages harboring terrorists, theor Islamic leares and symphatizers will quickly rush to the press, claiming victims.
They are all terrorist, they are all symphatizers, and they are all cashing out. They know them well, How can a very small rag tag groups be controlling an environment that has native in mass? If not sabotage?
If they attack them, there worshipers will quickly rush to the press and claim attacking innocent victim. Nigeria is gone.

Can you imagine the radarada talk ?Nigeria military has never ever mistakenly bomb boko,northern bandits & Kaduna kidnappers even 3 hours non stop assault on kuje prison the heart of Nigeria's capital but they now conveniently wasted innocent lives. Honestly every for this country tire me i give up.

BUHARI'S STATE?