Boko Haram kidnaps nine in Nigeria

In Nigeria, Boko Haram terrorists have kidnapped nine people in two separate attacks in which one person was killed and two injured in the country's volatile northeast. 

Vigilantes have said five members of a family were kidnapped along a highway yesterday, outside the city of Maiduguri as they waited for their car to be fixed.They said the hostages included a woman, her three young daughters and sister. Another militia member Ibrahim



Liman gave a similar account, saying the victims were heading to Maiduguri under a military escort when their car broke down and was forced to stop.

Babakura Kolo, a member of a militia fighting Boko Haram said, yesterday's attack came a day after four farmers were abducted by the Islamists near the town of Konduga, 38 kilometres from Maiduguri. He said one person was killed and two others injured in the incident.