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| Kwatar Daban Masara airstrike | |
|---|---|
| Part of Boko Haram insurgency | |
  Kwatar Daban Masara Location of Kwatar Daban Masara | |
| Location | Kwatar Daban Masara, Borno State, Nigeria |
| Date | 26 September 2021 |
| Target | ISWAP fighters |
Attack type | Airstrike |
| Deaths | 50-60+ civilians (villagers) 28 ISWAP fighters (Nigerian claim)[1] |
| Injured | Unknown |
| Perpetrators |  Nigerian Air Force |
The Daban Masara airstrike hit a fish market in the village of Kwatar Daban Masara, Borno State, Nigeria on 26 September 2021, killing between 50 and 60 people.[2]
Attack
editTen days before the airstrike, foreign fighters from ISWAP had arrived in Kwatar Daban Masara in trucks. This led to the town being placed under surveillance by Nigerian intelligence.
On September 26, 2021, the military had sources saying that ISWAP was planning an attack from the town. The air force decided to act and at around 6:00 AM local time an air force jet carried out a "preemptive strike" on the fish market in the village, killing at least 50-60 civilians.[3][4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Military Airstrikes Kill 28 ISWAP's Collaborators Delivering Logistics at Kukawa". prnigeria. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ "Nigerian air force kills dozens of civilians in northeast - sources". reuters. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ "Nigeria Air Strike Kills 20 Fishermen: Sources". thedefensepost. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ "Nigeria air strike kills 20 fishermen". borneobulletin. 29 September 2021. Archived from the original on 29 September 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.