Nigeria, April 12 -- Amnesty International, Nigeria Office, has condemned Saturday's military airstrike that killed civilians in a border market in the North-east.

In a statement posted on X, the rights group said the accidental airstrike killed more than 100 people.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that the Nigerian Air Force confirmed the incident, but was silent on civilian casualties.

According to sources, the airstrike, which targeted insurgents collecting levies at the border market in Jalli, a Yobe community bordering Borno State, killed traders on Saturday evening.

Citing witnesses' accounts, Amnesty stated that three military jets fired on the market.

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