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Nigerian Military Bombs Refugee Camp, Killing Dozens

HeadlineJan 18, 2017

The Nigerian military has bombed a government-run displaced persons camp, killing dozens of refugees and at least six humanitarian aid workers. Nigerian officials say the bombing was an accident. This is Hugues Robert with Doctors Without Borders.

Hugues Robert: “We are speaking about a location that was really hard to reach, where people for more than six months could not access basic assistance, where the population was really in a very bad situation with all the extremely severe acute malnutrition on spots. And now, on top of that, now we have these mass casualties, with these massive, I mean, casualties due to a direct bombing of a highly populated area. So it’s really like the worst you can imagine in terms of situation.”

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