{"id":199854,"date":"2026-05-13T02:37:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T01:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/amnesty-100-killed-in-nigerian-airstrike"},"modified":"2026-05-14T07:28:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T06:28:42","slug":"amnesty-100-killed-in-nigerian-airstrike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/amnesty-100-killed-in-nigerian-airstrike","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty: 100 Killed in Nigerian Airstrike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong> <\/span>Amnesty International reported that at least 100 civilians were killed in an airstrike carried out by the Nigerian military on a crowded market in Zamfara State, northwest Nigeria, and urged authorities to launch an immediate investigation.<\/p>\n<p>This airstrike, which targeted the Tomfa market in the Zarmi area on Sunday, was the second to result in dozens of deaths in a crowded market in northern Nigeria within a month.<\/p>\n<p>Amnesty International noted that dozens of injured individuals are receiving treatment in hospitals in Zarmi and the nearby Shinkafi, adding that many of the deceased were women and girls.<\/p>\n<p>According to a local source, the Nigerian military did not immediately respond to requests for comment, but it has previously denied targeting civilians, stating that airstrikes are based on intelligence and only target armed locations.<\/p>\n<p>Amnesty International quoted eyewitnesses as saying that military aircraft were seen hovering over the area at noon, then returned about two hours later to bomb the crowded market.<\/p>\n<p>In April, around 200 civilians were killed in a similar airstrike targeting a weekly market in Jeli, northeast Nigeria. The military opened an investigation into that incident.<\/p>\n<p>Residents express increasing concern over civilian casualties resulting from airstrikes and military operations in northern regions. The Nigerian military is engaged in a war against bandits in the northwest and an ongoing insurgency in the northeast that has lasted for 17 years.<\/p>\n<p>The United States bombed what it described as terrorist bases in northwest Nigeria on Christmas Day last year after President Donald Trump accused Nigeria of failing to protect Christians.<\/p>\n<p>Amnesty International stated, &#8220;This pattern of human rights violations has become the norm, with villagers falling victim to atrocities committed by armed groups, bandits, and the military alike.&#8221; It described the airstrikes as illegal and stated that they demonstrate a disregard for civilian lives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Nigeria<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Amnesty International reported that at least 100 civilians were killed in an airstrike carried out by the Nigerian military on a crowded market in Zamfara State, northwest Nigeria, and urged authorities to launch an immediate investigation. This airstrike, which targeted the Tomfa market in the Zarmi area on Sunday, was the second [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":199853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-199854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Amnesty: 100 Killed in Nigerian Airstrike - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press - Nigeria. 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