Extremists kill 12, kidnap others in Nigeria, residents say

Insurgents have killed at least 12 people and abducted nine women and young girls in Nigeria’s troubled rast, residents said Tuesday.

incident occurred Sunday morning at Takulashi vill, less than 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Chibok in Bor state. That's where Boko Haram extremists abducted 276 schoolgirls from ir dormitories in 2014, causing international outr.

“ attackers killed men and went away with women and young girls,” Uba Kolo, a member of local Civilian Joint Task Force vigilante group, told Associated Press.

military has yet to comment on attack.

Boko Haram and a breakaway faction, Islamic State West Africa Province, have been abducting girls as part of ir violent campaign to establish strict Islamic rule in rast Nigeria.

Both groups are also involved in abducting high-profile people like aid workers for money. y are kwn to execute hosts when demands are t met.

Nigeria's army has for more than a dece battled in vain to quell insurgency.