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Military strikes, gang massacres in Nigeria kill around 100 civilians

By AFP
May 12, 2026
A Nigerian soldier loads his machine gun during training at the Multinational Joint Task Force military base, Sector 3 Headquarters, in Monguno, Borno state, Nigeria. —AFP/File
A Nigerian soldier loads his machine gun during training at the Multinational Joint Task Force military base, Sector 3 Headquarters, in Monguno, Borno state, Nigeria. —AFP/File

JOS, Nigeria: The Nigerian military and the “bandit” gangs it is fighting killed around 100 civilians on Monday in one of the bloodiest single days of the country´s conflict against armed groups, sources across the country have told AFP.

The Nigerian military killed at least 72 people, many of them civilians, in an airstrike on a crowded market in the northwestern state of Zamfara, a community leader told AFP, with some bodies “blown beyond recognition”.