Eleven members of the security forces, including 4 soldiers, were killed in two attacks attributed to the jihadist group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria, security sources said on Tuesday. 

The sources said a convoy of local hunters recruited by the army in the fight against the jihadists exploded on a mine in the village of Kayamla, located 10 kilometers from Maiduguri, capital of Borno state, epicenter of the insurgency jihadist in the northeast.

The head of a pro-government anti-jihadist militia, Babakura Kolo, told AFP that seven hunters died in the explosion and nine others were seriously injured.

Adolphus Mawolo reports.