Nigerian military says air strike hit Islamic State, playing down alleged civilian deaths

FILE PHOTO: An A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft is seen in Hamat Air Base in Lebanon's mountains October 31, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Ibrahim

ABUJA (Reuters) - The Nigerian military said on Thursday a deadly air strike hit an Islamic State camp and that casualties could not be determined, after witnesses said the attack had killed dozens of civilians in the northeast, where the country is waging a 12-year war against jihadist insurgents.

Two Nigerian Air Force planes bombed and killed dozens of civilians, mostly fishermen, at a fish market in Daban Masara village, a victim and a resident told Reuters on Tuesday.