BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Suspected Boko Haram militants killed eight soldiers and one civilian in an attack in Nigeria’s northeast, a police official said on Wednesday.
The attack in Yobe state on Tuesday evening also left five civilians injured, Abdulmalik Sumonu, commissioner of police for Yobe, told Reuters by phone.
Reporting by Ardo Hazzad in Bauchi; Writing by Paul Carsten; Editing by Larry King