Military air strikes kill dozens of people in northeast Nigeria, Amnesty International says
Military air strikes on a village in northeastern Nigeria killed dozens of people on Saturday, Amnesty International reported Sunday. The country's air force initially said it had struck a "known terrorist enclave and logistics hub" before later saying it was launching an investigation into the attack following reports of civilian casualties.
Dozens of people died in air strikes in Nigeria's northeastern Yobe state as military aircraft hunted jihadists, local residents and Amnesty International said Sunday.
Africa's most populous country has been fighting a jihadist insurgency for 17 years, since Boko Haram's 2009 uprising, which has seen the emergence of powerful splinter groups including Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP).
In recent years, civilians have been caught in the crossfire and killed in military air strikes targeting the militants, though the authorities sometimes dispute hitting civilians.
The latest air strikes on the village of Jilli occurred on Saturday, the death tolls differing according to the sources.
Amnesty International said on X there were "more than 100 dead" and 35 people seriously wounded.
“We have their pictures and they include children,” Isa Sanusi, Amnesty International's Nigeria director, told the Associated Press, referring to the casualties.
“We are in touch with people that are there, we spoke with the hospital,” he said. “We spoke with the person in charge of casualties, and we spoke with the victims.”
Local chief Lawan Zanna Nur however said "the total casualties, dead and injured, is around 200".
Many were taken to hospitals in nearby Geidam and Maiduguri, he added, where at least eight more of the wounded had died Sunday.
"We are talking of dozens dead but it is difficult to give a specific toll," he said.
Nigeria's military said in a statement it had struck a location in Jilli, "long identified as a major terrorist movement corridor and convergence point for Islamic State West Africa Province terrorists and their collaborators".
Calling it "a carefully, well coordinated planned and intelligence-driven operation", the military said in a statement that it "successfully conducted a precision air strike on a known terrorist enclave and logistics hub located near the abandoned village of Jilli".
It said "scores of terrorists" were killed in the strike, but did not mention any civilian casualties.
The Nigerian Air Force later responded to reports of civilian casualties with a statement saying it had activated its Civilian Harm Accident and Investigation Cell "to immediately proceed to the location on a fact-finding mission on the allegation".
A market committee member Bulama Mulima Abbas told AFP "36 bodies have been counted" after the airstrike "on the traders".
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An intelligence source told AFP that Jilli market "is wholly controlled by Boko Haram who provides security and collect tax from traders".
Jihadist violence had slowed from its peak in around 2015 but Boko Haram and ISWAP have recently stepped up attacks in northeastern Nigeria in their campaign to establish a caliphate.
The insurgency which started in 2009 has killed more than 40,000 people and displaced around two million more, according to the United Nations.
Early this year the United States began deploying 200 troops to Nigeria to provide technical and training support to soldiers in fighting jihadist groups.
Nigeria's Attorney General and Minister of justice, Lateef Fagbemi on Friday said nearly 400 people had been convicted for terrorism and terrorism financing in the latest series of mass trials.
"In total, we brought about 508 cases. Of this 508, we were able to secure 386 convictions, 8 discharges, 2 acquittals and 112 adjourned to the next phase," he told reporters.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)
Nigeria: Islamic jihadis strike army base, murder army general and several other soldiers
Once again, we see Islamic jihadis prevailing over government forces. All over Africa, they appear to be better funded and better equipped than the national armies that oppose them. Who is funding and equipping them? No one seems particularly concerned about that. Or are the national governments in question actually on the jihadis’ side? No one seems particularly concerned about that possibility, either.
BREAKING: Boko Haram Strikes Military Base In Borno, Kills Army General, Several Other Soldiers
by Dayo Dickson, Parallel Facts, April 9, 2026:
Terrorists from the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram (ISWAP) have reportedly killed a yet-to-be-confirmed number of soldiers in a deadly attack on a military base in Borno State.
Military sources said the assault took place on Wednesday night at the Joint Task Force facility in Benesheikh, Kaga Local Government Area.
The attackers reportedly used heavy gunfire and explosives, resulting in numerous casualties, including Brigadier-General O.O. Braimah.
“He was killed last night along with the Imam of the Brigade, many officers, and soldiers. The attack lasted several hours. The camp is Beneshek along Damaturu Road; it’s very unfortunate,” a source said….
In March, insurgents attacked bases in Baga, Buratai, and Ajilari, near Maiduguri, reportedly aiming to destabilize forward operating positions and weaken troop morale.
When there is no one else to massacre, Muslims will often resort to killing each other.
Afghanistan: Sunni Muslims murder twelve people at Shi’ite shrine
Everywhere the imperative prevails: “strike terror in the enemies of Allah and your enemies” (Qur’an 8:60). With mass migration, these ancient hatreds have begun appearing in Europe and North America, and we will see more of them.
Afghanistan: Sources say 12 people killed in Herat shooting
by Siyar Sirat, Amu, April 11, 2026 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Sources say 12 people were killed and 20 others wounded in a shooting in western Afghanistan’s Herat province on Friday, April 10, in an attack that appeared to target civilians visiting a religious site.
The assault took place in the Deh Miri area of Injil district in Herat, where a shrine draws visitors, many of them from the Shiite community.
Sources at Herat’s Regional Hospital, a main public health center in the province, said 12 bodies and 20 injured people had been brought in following the attack….
Witnesses described a coordinated assault carried out by four armed men on motorcycles who intercepted a group of civilians around 2 p.m. The attackers, their faces covered, reportedly robbed the victims of money, phones and jewelry before separating men and women and opening fire….
Survivors said many of those at the site had gathered for a religious visit, suggesting the victims may have been targeted based on sectarian identity….
Abdul Mateen Qanay, spokesman for Taliban Interior ministry, said on Friday that the shooting occurred when assailants on motorcycles opened fire on civilians gathered in the area, adding that an investigation was underway.
No group has claimed responsibility….
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