Nigeria air strikes: Kaduna's Tudunbiri village mourns deaths a year on

Villagers remain scarred a year after the military mistook them for jihadists, killing 85 people.

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The military said the bombing was caused by "a failure of intelligence", leading the army to mistake the open-air festival in Tudunbiri for a gathering of jihadist fighters.

"The incident of December 3rd, 2023 was a great tragedy that shouldn’t have happened," military spokesman Maj-Gen Edward Buba told the BBC. "The armed forces regret that incident. And if we could bring the lives lost back, we would."

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About 85 people were killed, including Mr Abdulrasheed's little daughter Habeebah, when unmanned drones dropped two bombs on the village in northern Kaduna state.

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