commander maj.-gen: Lucky Irabor confirmed an accidental bombardment in the northeastern town of Rann, near the border with Cameroon, saying some civilians were killed, according to CBC. A spokesman from Medecins Sans Frontieres MSF said at least 52 people were killed and 120 injured in an airstrike on a refugee camp in the country's northeast. Military commander Maj.-Gen. A Borno state government official, who was helping to coordinate the evacuation of wounded from the remote area by helicopters, had earlier said more than 100 refugees and aid workers were among the dead. In this image supplied by MSF, smoke rises from a burnt out shelter at a camp for displaced people in Rann, Nigeria, on Tuesday. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to reporters.
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