The ongoing anti-Boko Haram war on Wednesday, January 17, suffered a setback after the Nigerian Airforce accidentally killed dozens of civilians.
No
fewer than 52 innocent people were reportedly killed in the mistaken
airstrike that hit the Rann internally displaced camp in Kala Balge area
of Borno State.
The
International medical humanitarian organization, Doctors Without
Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), which has teams in the bombed
area, has described the incident as "shocking and unacceptable."
In a statement issued on Tuesday by its spokesman, Tim Shenk,
the organization said the vulnerable people who have already fled from
extreme violence only to be killed at a place they thought was a safe
haven.
"The
safety of civilians must be respected. We are urgently calling on all
parties to ensure the facilitation of medical evacuations by air or road
for survivors who are in need of emergency care," Dr. Jean-Clément Cabrol, MSF director of operations, said.
"The
group's medical teams are currently providing first aid to 120 wounded
patients in its facility in Rann. The organzation’s medical and surgical
teams in the region are preparing to treat evacuated patients," the statement added.
Multiple
reports said some workers of the International Committee of the Red
Cross (ICRC), who were also operating at the camp when it was hit, are
among the dead.
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