Boko Haram kills at least seven in Christmas Eve attack in Nigeria, local official says

"Boko Haram attacked Pemi village, killed seven people and abducted another seven, including a pastor," Kachallah Usman, secretary of the Chibok local government area, told CNN on Friday.

"They also burned down a church, a dispensary and several houses," he added.

Pemi is located approximately 20 kilometers from Chibok, where Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls six years ago.

A man purporting to be Abubakar Shekau, a leader of one of Boko Haram's factions, also said the group was responsible for the kidnapping of more than 300 schoolboys in the country's northwest earlier this month, though governor Aminu Bello ...