Many villagers are feared de.ad following a bomb allegedly dropped by a jet during a Maulud celebration at Tudun Biri, a community within Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
Preliminary reports indicate that about 30 people died during the incident on Sunday, around 9:00 pm.
Residents told Daily Trust that the bomb struck while the villagers gathered to commemorate Maulud in the village.
“They were celebrating Maulud (birth of Prophet Muhammad) when the jet dropped the bomb, resulting in the immediate death of more than 30 people,” a resident told the publication.