KABUL: (Middle East Press) At least over 30 people were killed after an airstrike by an unidentified aircraft launched in a village in Niger close to the Nigerian border.
Local officials and humanitarian sources said on Wednesday that the attack took place a day earlier and no group has claimed responsibility for the strike so far.
Nigeria, which is involved in fighting with Takfiri Boko Haram militants, also denied responsibility.
“It’s not to my knowledge and there has not been any report from our people of such an incident,” Air Commodore Dele Alonge, a spokesman for Nigeria’s air force, said.
Local officials said the number of casualties reached up to 31 or 32 with 20 others injured.
Niger is a party to a regional operation in the area against Boko Haram militants.
The Western African country has so far seen several bomb attacks blamed on Boko Haram, whose militancy has spilled over the Nigerian borders and extended to neighboring countries.
