Story highlights A fierce battle with Nigerian troops is underway

Residents are reportedly helping the military in the fighting

(CNN) The Nigerian military on Saturday said "scores" were killed when six Boko Haram suicide bombers staged coordinated attacks the day before in a village near Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state.

Police bomb squads and military explosives experts in the village of Zabamari "are continuing with vigorous search for any bombs that might have been hidden or left unexploded in the area," according to Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade.

Olukolade said "offensive operations" against the Islamist militant group were "continuing in various fronts," including an "additional deployment of men and equipment to enhance the scope of the mission."

'Boko Haram will be hunted without mercy'

The suicide bombings were just the latest in a relentless wave of attacks the terror group has carried out this week in the same area.

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