The Nigerian Air Force dropped two bombs on the centre of a town where tens of thousands of people were seeking refuge from Boko Haram, according to an aid worker who witnessed the attack. "The first bomb fell at 12.30 pm (11.30 GMT) and landed just a few metres away from the Red Cross office," he wrote in an account sent by MSF on Thursday. "The plane circled back and it dropped a second bomb five minutes later," he said, adding they were "dropped on houses." Six Nigerian Red Cross workers were among the dead. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) told AFP on Thursday that 61 injured were airlifted to its specialist trauma unit in the Borno state capital, Maiduguri.

Source: Egypt Independent January 19, 2017 13:14 UTC