{"id":105270,"date":"2023-06-06T17:51:14","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T16:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=105270"},"modified":"2023-06-06T17:51:14","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T16:51:14","slug":"accidental-airstrikes-kill-300-innocent-nigerians-in-7-years-hrw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/accidental-airstrikes-kill-300-innocent-nigerians-in-7-years-hrw\/","title":{"rendered":"Accidental Airstrikes Kill 300 Innocent Nigerians In 7 Years \u2013 HRW"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">A report by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) has described as unacceptable Nigerian Military\u2019s delay in owning up to the killing and injuring dozens of civilians in its erroneous airstrikes.<\/p>\n<p>The report released on Tuesday, said 39 civilians were killed in the erroneous airstrikes on January 24, 2023, and injured at least six others at Kwateri in Nasarawa State.<\/p>\n<p>It added that at least 300 innocent people have been killed in airstrikes targeted at bandits or Boko Haram Terrorists in the last seven years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince 2017, over 300 people are reported to have been killed by airstrikes that the Nigerian Air Force claimed were intended for bandits or members of the Islamist armed group Boko Haram, but instead hit civilians,\u201d the report stated.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0report called on the Nigerian military to provide full accountability for its actions and financial compensation and livelihood assistance based on the needs of the victims and their families.<\/p>\n<p>The report further noted that the Nigerian authorities have provided little information and no justice on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government should ensure an urgent, independent, impartial, and transparent inquiry into the attack that took place in Kwatiri, a small settlement in Nasarawa State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlmost six months after the incident, the Nigerian Air Force admitted for the first time, in response to an inquiry from Human Rights Watch, to carrying out the airstrike. It said it was an air component of Operation Whirl Stroke, a joint military, Police, and Department of State Security operation deployed in response to security problems in and around Nasarawa State,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>The Air Force claimed it carried out the airstrike in response to suspected terrorist activities but provided no details.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe military\u2019s unacceptable delay in owning up to the killing and injuring dozens of civilians only compounds the tragedy of this shocking attack,\u201d said Anietie Ewang, Africa researcher at Human Rights Watch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Nigerian military should provide full accountability for their actions as well as financial compensation and livelihood assistance commensurate with the needs of the victims and their families,\u201d he added.<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A report by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) has described as unacceptable Nigerian Military\u2019s delay in owning up to the killing and injuring dozens of civilians in its erroneous airstrikes.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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