US EditionDebris Hit Nigerian Hotel, Wounded Staff, After US Strikes: Owner
Three hotel staff were injured by munitions debris from US strikes targeting Islamic State militants; Nigerian officials confirmed no civilian deaths in the incident.
- Abuja and Washington said US forces struck militants in Sokoto, and debris hit an unoccupied room of a hotel in Offa, with no casualties recorded, on Saturday.
- Information Minister Mohammed Idris said strikes targeted ISIS elements trying to penetrate Nigeria from the Sahel, and Bwala told AFP that militants worked with Lakurawa and `bandit` gangs.
- Pictures appeared to show a missile head collected by security forces, with debris hitting an unoccupied room of the 22-room, two-star hotel before landing outside.
- Nigeria's government acknowledged debris fell in Offa but said there were no civilian casualties, and Kwara state police said `as of this moment, there are no details yet`.
- Geographic context shows Bello said debris from the strike hit a hotel in Offa, around 800 kilometres from Tangaza district, amid spillover fears from neighbouring countries fighting IS-linked groups.
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On Monday, a Nigerian hotelier reported that three of his employees had been injured and hospitalized after debris of ammunition had fallen on his hotel, during American strikes targeting jihadists in the north-western part of the country.
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Debris hit Nigerian hotel, wounded staff, after US strikes: owner
A Nigerian hotel owner said Monday three of his staff were hospitalised after munitions debris fell on his hotel following the US strikes targeting militants in the country's northwest.
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