What the records say
- When
- 17 Jan 2017
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 12.27° N, 14.46° E
- Description
- 2017 bombing by the Nigerian Air Force
Rann bombing
Bombing by the Nigerian Air Force
On 17 January 2017, a Nigerian Air Force jet mistakenly bombed an internally displaced persons camp near the Cameroonian border in Rann, Borno State. They had believed it was a Boko Haram encampment. The bombing left at least 115 people dead, including six Red Cross aid workers, and left more than 100 injured.
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