Boko Haram jihadists killed at least four villagers on Tuesday and kidnapped three women near the northeastern Nigerian town of Chibok where the group snatched more than 200 girls two years ago, residents and survivors said.

Boko Haram fighters attacked the Kautuva village at dawn, set houses ablaze and fired on residents, according to villagers and a member of a vigilante group working with the army.

"Some of us were lucky to survive and ran to Chibok," said a man who gave his name as Ali Pagu. Another resident said the jihadists had kidnapped three women.