{"id":13027,"date":"2017-01-17T19:15:50","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T19:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=13027"},"modified":"2017-01-17T19:18:18","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T19:18:18","slug":"disaster-how-nigerian-air-force-killed-52-civilians-wounder-120-at-an-idp-camp-in-borno-msf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=13027","title":{"rendered":"DISASTER: How Nigerian Air Force killed 52 civilians, wounded 120 at an IDP camp in Borno &#8211; MSF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><a href=\"https:\/\/btclab.io\/?ref=Omafume\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/btclab.io\/banners\/320x100.gif\" width=\"529\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a><\/code><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (MSF),\u00a0an international humanitarian non-governmental organisation best known for its life-saving projects in war-torn regions, says at least 120 people were wounded and 52 killed on Tuesday when a Nigerian air force jet accidentally bombed<a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IDP-camp-bombing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13028\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IDP-camp-bombing-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IDP camp bombing\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IDP-camp-bombing-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IDP-camp-bombing.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0an internally displaced persons camp in Rann, Borno state.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Lucky Irabor, theatre commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, had said that after receiving a report about the gathering of Boko Haram terrorists around Kala Balge area of Maiduguri, he directed the air component of the operation to\u00a0\u201caddress the problem\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the strike was conducted but it turned out that other civilians were somewhere around the area and they were affected,\u201d Irabor\u00a0said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far, it is a little bit disturbing; death has occurred. There are casualties; there were deaths and injuries but on the actual number of casualties, we would get back to you later.<\/p>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=12035&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am yet to get the number of casualties of civilians killed, but two soldiers were also affected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Responding, MSF, also known as Doctors Without Borders, decried the \u201clarge-scale attack\u201d and implored the military to immediately facilitate the evacuation and treatment of survivors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis large-scale attack on vulnerable people who have already fled from extreme violence is shocking and unacceptable,\u201d Jean-Cl\u00e9ment Cabrol, MSF director of operations, said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MSF said its medical teams were \u201ccurrently providing first aid to 120 wounded patients in its facility in Rann\u201d while its medical and surgical teams in the region were \u201cpreparing to treat evacuated patients\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>MSF first started working in Nigeria in 1971, and is one of the few organisations still able to operate in hard-to-reach areas of the country.<\/p>\n<p>TheCable\u2019s visit to the north-east\u00a0in November\u00a0established that MSF is the humanitarian organisation whose work is most critical to the survival of malnourished children in Borno and other victims of insurgency.<\/p>\n<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/market.jumia.com.ng\/men-shoes\/?utm_source=pap&amp;utm_medium=aff&amp;utm_campaign=0bed9dec&amp;a_aid=Omafume&amp;a_bid=0bed9dec\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"\" src=\"\/\/kaymu.postaffiliatepro.com\/accounts\/default1\/a72f75b38\/0bed9dec.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"617\" height=\"265\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/kaymu.postaffiliatepro.com\/scripts\/a72f75i38?a_aid=Omafume&amp;a_bid=0bed9dec\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (MSF),\u00a0an international humanitarian non-governmental organisation best known for its life-saving projects in war-torn regions, says at least 120 people were wounded and 52 killed on Tuesday when a Nigerian air force jet accidentally bombed\u00a0an internally displaced persons camp in Rann, Borno state. 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