Nigerian Air Force Dropped ’Two Bombs’ on Town
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The Nigerian Air Force dropped two bombs on the center of a town where tens of thousands of people were seeking refuge from Boko Haram, according to an aid worker who witnessed the attack.
At least 70 people were killed Tuesday when the jet bombed the town of Rann, sparking widespread condemnation from organizations working to address a growing food crisis in the war-torn region.
Alfred Davies, a field coordinator with the medical charity Doctors without Borders [MSF], described the attack as "incomprehensible".
"The first bomb fell at 12:30 pm and landed just a few meters away from the Red Cross office," he wrote in an account sent by MSF Thursday.
"The plane circled back and it dropped a second bomb five minutes later," he said, adding they were "dropped on houses."
He added: "There are no words to describe the chaos. Some people had broken bones and torn flesh; their intestines hanging down to the floor. I saw the bodies of children that had been cut in two."
MSF arrived in Rann last weekend to vaccinate children and screen for malnutrition, which has gripped the region and left hundreds of thousands of people in dire need of help.
Between 20,000 and 40,000 people who had fled the extremist militants were living in makeshift shelters in the town, which was previously inaccessible because of insecurity.
People were dying of hunger and were in urgent need of food, according to Davies.
"The army that was meant to protect them bombed them instead," he said.
Six Nigerian Red Cross workers were among the dead.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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