234 People, Not 52 Killed In IDP Camp Bombing – Official
The Chairman of Kala-Balge Local Government Area of Borno State, Babagana Malarima has revealed that a total of 234 people were killed after a Nigerian military jet mistakenly bombed an Internally Displaced Persons camp in Rann village, Borno state.
The chairman said that all 234 persons were buried in Rann after the January 17 bombing.
Speaking on Friday when the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, visited Rann.Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, Malarima said two other injured persons died in the hospital after they were flown by helicopter from the camp.
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Recall that the Doctors without Borders, MSF, had announced on the day of the attack that 52 persons died and 120 others injured.
But Malarima said, “We buried 234 corpses in Rann after the bombs were dropped on the IDP camp. We have two others injured persons that died while in hospital in Maiduguri.”
It was learnt that several of the wounded were flown by helicopter to Maiduguri due to the bad and insecure state of roads that link the Borno Capital with Kala-Balge, where the Rann camp is located.
It was gathered that families of some victims killed are already asking for compensation in view of the hardship being faced by widows and orphans whose husbands and bread winners were killed in the incident.
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The victims, mostly Muslims, have not stated the terms of compensation. But in Islam compensation for manslaughter is paid to the tune of 100 camels or its equivalent, which could be about N40 million person.
Should the victims insist on payment by Islamic standard, which is sometimes used in parts of Northern Nigeria, the federal could pay as much as N9.5 billion compensation.
