ABUJA (Reuters) - The Nigerian air force said on Thursday it may have killed and injured civilians while pursuing suspected Islamist insurgents in the northeast state of Yobe, in an incident that residents said left at least six people dead.
Nigeria's northeast is the hotbed of two Islamist insurgencies: Boko Haram and Islamic State's West African (ISWAP) branch, which split from the former group in 2016.
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