Two Nigerian soldiers have been killed with four others injured after militants of Boko Haram sect attacked a community in Askira Uba local government area of Borno State on Wednesday, two local sources said. Boko Haram is an Islamic extremist group based in north-eastern Nigeria, also active in Chad, Niger and northern Cameroon. Sahara Reporters quoted a source as saying that the Islamist militants stormed the remote village of Huyim village about 2 p.m. on Wednesday, November 23. Another source, who is a local hunter, said that the vigilantes in the attacked community sent an urgent request for troops to assist in repelling the attack.