Gunmen from the Boko Haram jihadist group killed five people and abducted several others as they collected firewood in restive northeast Nigeria, security sources said Friday.
Fighters opened fire on the group as they fetched wood on Thursday outside the town of Dikwa, 90 kilometres (55 miles) from the regional capital Maiduguri, an anti-jihadist militia leader, Babakura Kolo, told AFP.
"A group gathered and went outside the town to collect firewood but Boko Haram terrorists attacked them, killing five of them," Kolo said.
"The loggers fled and some of them were abducted by the attackers while trying to escape."