Nigeria, Aug. 11 -- Four soldiers were reportedly killed in a Boko Haram attack on Kirawa, area of Gwoza Local Government of Borno State on Saturday.

According to residents and a local news outlet, the insurgents attacked the village at about 9 p.m. but were repelled by soldiers.

Kirawa town is a border town where the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) and Cameroonian soldiers have bases.

Before retreating under gunfire from the NIgerian troops, the insurgents abducted a teenage girl and forced some residents to flee to neighbouring Cameroonian communities.

The insurgents also looted and burnt down the house of a community head, trucks and homes. At the MNJTF post, where the fierce battle took place, some military facilities and v...