At least 52 people were killed and 120 injured in an air strike by Nigeria's air force on refugee camp on Tuesday.
A spokesman from Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said "after the military earlier disclosed the strike was meant to target Boko Haram militants."
MSF said "the strike occurred in Rann in Borno state, the epicentre of the jihadist group's seven-year-long bid to create an Islamic caliphate. Nigerian General Lucky Irabor, a regional military commander, located the incident at Kala Balge, a district that includes Rann."
Irabor, who said, "it was too early to determine the cause of the incident, told journalists an unknown number of civilians had been killed, adding that humanitarian workers from MSF and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) were among the injured."
“At least 52 people were killed and 120 wounded,” said TimShenk, a spokesman for the MSF medical charity. “The organisation's medical and surgical teams in the region are preparing to treat evacuated patients,” he added.
An ICRC spokeswoman said, "six Nigeria Red Cross members were killed and 13 wounded."
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said: "the deaths underline the importance of protecting civilians in complex humanitarian emergencies.”
“The president pledges federal help for the state government in attending to this regrettable operational mistake,” said FemiAdesina, a spokesman for President Muhammadu Buhari, in an emailed statement.
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