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UK says Reuters report of Nigeria child killings is of "immense concern"

FILE PHOTO: British Minister for Development Andrew Mitchell walks at Downing Street, in London, Britain, November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

A British government minister said on Tuesday that a Reuters report that the Nigerian army killed children in its fight against insurgents was of "immense concern" and would be raised with Nigeria.

"It is a matter of immense concern," Andrew Mitchell, Britain's minister of state for development and Africa, said in parliament when asked about the report by a lawmaker.

Britain would raise the issue via its high commissioner in the Nigerian capital Abuja, Mitchell said.

(Reporting by Farouq Suleiman; Writing by William Schomberg; Editing by Kate Holton)

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