Four dead, four abducted in Boko Haram raid: Nigerian army

June 15, 2016 23:27

Boko Haram killed four people and abducted four women from a village in northeast Nigeria, the military said today, dismissing the Islamists as weakened and increasingly desperate.

Army spokesman Colonel Sani Usman told AFP the attack happened on Tuesday morning in Kutuva, in the Damboa local government area of Borno state, which has been hardest hit by seven years of fighting.

"Boko Haram terrorists riding on six motorcycles attacked the village. They killed four residents and abducted four women," he said.

"Residents of neighbouring Kaya village mobilised and pursued the terrorists. They traced them to Sabon Garin Baale but unfortunately they lost track of the gunmen."

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