At least 33 people were killed in an air strike on a village in Nigeria's northwestern Zamfara state last week, four residents and a traditional leader said, after a military operation targeting armed kidnapping gangs and their hideouts.
The incident, on April 10, is the latest in a pattern of deadly aerial assaults by the military that have killed civilians.
The military said on Thursday the air strikes had eliminated armed gangs, known locally as bandits, in several Zamfara locations.
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