Air strike on Niger village kills up to 30

February 18, 2015 21:21

As many as 30 mourners at a funeral ceremony were killed when an unidentified plane bombarded a village in Niger near the Nigerian border, local officials said Wednesday.

The strike on Tuesday came with Niger involved in a regional offensive in the area against Nigeria-based Boko Haram fighters, who have waged a brutal six-year insurgency that has killed over 13,000 people.

"The victims were residents attending a mourning ceremony for a prefecture official," said a humanitarian source, who added 20-30 people were killed in the attack near the mosque in Abadam.

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