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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, April 12- At least 200 people are feared dead after Nigerian military jets struck a village market while \u200bpursuing Islamist militants in the northeast of the country on \u200cSaturday night, a councillor for the area and residents said on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nigeria’s Air Force said it had killed Boko Haram militants in the Jilli axis in Borno \u200bstate, but in a statement released to Reuters on Sunday it \u200bdid not mention hitting a market. It did not respond \u2060to further requests for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The strike occurred in a village in \u200bYobe on the border with Borno, the heartland of a long-running insurgency \u200bthat has killed thousands of people and displaced millions more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lawan Zanna Nur Geidam, the councillor and traditional head of Fuchimeram ward in Yobe’s Geidam district told Reuters that \u200bthose injured were being taken to hospitals in Yobe and Borno.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It’s \u200ba very devastating incident at Jilli Market. As I’m speaking to you, over 200 \u200cpeople \u2060have lost their lives from the air strike at the market,” he said in a telephone interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three other residents and an official from an international humanitarian agency confirmed the strike and likely death toll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Yobe State \u200bEmergency Management Agency (SEMA) said \u200bit had \u2060received preliminary reports of an incident at Jilli Market “which reportedly resulted in casualties affecting some marketers” and activated emergency \u200bresponse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ahmed Ali, a 43-year-old resident who sells medical consumables \u200bat the \u2060market, said he had been injured in a blast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I became so scared and attempted to run away, but a friend dragged me and we all \u2060lay \u200bon the ground,” he said from hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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