A regional military coalition is battling the Islamist group.
Boko Haram fighters have killed nine people in two separate attacks in northeastern Nigeria, looting and torching a village and ambushing three farmers, officials and local militia forces said Wednesday.
The jihadist gunmen, loyal to Boko Haram chief Abubakar Shekau, killed six people and burned dozens of homes. A member of a militia force, which fights alongside regular government soldiers, said the Boko Haram fighters were too many and they were overpowered.Later, Nigerian aircraft bombed the area, and the jihadists retreated, he added.
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