Lagos, Nigeria: Nigeria's army on Thursday faced growing condemnation and calls for a thorough investigation from civil society groups over a drone strike that killed at least 85 civilians by mistake.

The military has said that troops were carrying out aerial patrols on Sunday when they observed a group of people in northwest Kaduna State and "misinterpreted their pattern of activities" to be similar to that of bandit militias.

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