left 10 people injured, police said.
"Today
(Sunday) at about 2:00 am (0100 GMT), suspected Boko Haram terrorists
attacked Mailari village, (in) Konduga LGA (local government area),"
said Borno state police spokesman Aderemi Opadukun.
"Nine
persons were reported killed while 10 were injured. The injured victims
are now being treated at UMTH (University of Maiduguri Teaching
Hospital," he told reporters.
No
further details were immediately available about the attack, which came
after nearly 140 people were killed in a series of bombings in the
Borno state capital Maiduguri and Monguno last Sunday.
Nigeria's
military has claimed it has Boko Haram on the run, having destroyed the
Islamists' camps and recaptured territory, as well as rescuing hundreds
of women and children thought to have been held hostage.
Nigeria's
President Muhammadu Buhari early last month set his military commanders
a three-month deadline to end the insurgency, which has claimed at
least 17,000 lives and left more than two million others homeless.
But
sporadic attacks have continued, particularly against civilian "soft"
targets such as busy markets, bus stations and places of worship.
This
month, 155 people have been killed in Boko Haram attacks, while more
than 1,260 have died since Buhari took office on May 29 vowing the crush
the rebellion, according to AFP reporting.
Source: AFP
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