A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jet killed six members of a family following an air strike targeting armed gangs in Katsina state.
Gatekeepers News reports that the jet reportedly dropped a bomb on a cluster of huts on the outskirts of Zakka village, in Safana district on Sunday.
The airstrike came after a bandit attack on a security base that resulted in the death of two police officers and a vigilante. Amnesty International, however, put the death toll from the incident at 10.
The organisation in a post on X, called for an “impartial, transparent and immediate investigation” into the air strike.
It said, “Air strikes with high numbers of unlawful killings have become the latest in a long list of gross human rights violations perpetrated by the Nigerian military.”
“The Nigerian authorities must give clear directives to the military to always prioritise and respect human rights.”
