<span style="color: #222222;"> Boko Haram jihadists have killed seven villagers in a dawn raid in Nigeria's restive northeast. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Local militia today said gunmen in trucks and on motorcycles late yesterday attacked Munduri, a village north of Borno state capital Maiduguri, firing guns and rocket-propelled grenades. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">According to resident Abdullahi Bunu, the attackers seized seven people and beheaded them before setting fire to the entire village. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Those who were decapitated were the village chief and his wife.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Boko Haram has intensified its armed campaign in recent weeks, including against military targets in which dozens of troops are believed to have been either killed or missing. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The rebels have split into two groups and it was not immediately clear which was behind the latest attack.</span><br />''  <br />