Ten killed in Boko Haram attacks

BOKO Haram killed 10 people in three separate attacks in northeast Nigeria, in the latest violence against civilians in the region, local militia said yesterday.

On Tuesday, four loggers were killed when they stepped on a landmine left by the jihadists near Dikwa, 90km east of the Borno state capital, Maiduguri.

The four had gone to retrieve a truck abandoned the previous day following a Boko Haram ambush that left three others dead.

Also on Tuesday, three people were killed in Gamboru on the border with Cameroon, Umar Kachalla, a militia leader based in the town, said.