Scores of Islamist gunmen attacked a police station, a court and a bank in northern Nigeria on Wednesday, killing seven officers and a civilian, a police chief told AFP.
The raid in the town
of Gwaram in Jigawa state began at 1:00 am (00:00 GMT) and sparked an
hours-long shootout with the security forces, said Tamari Yabo, the
assistant inspector-general of police in charge of the region.
Boko
Haram Islamists, waging a brutal insurgency which has killed thousands
since 2009, have carried out dozens of attacks in surrounding areas, but
Jigawa itself has been spared much of the violence.
"We lost seven policeman. One civilian was also killed," Yabo said of the fighting roughly 100 kilometres (60 miles) from Jigawa's capital Dutse.
He
told AFP the insurgents came on motorcycles and stolen vehicles,
specifically targeting the town's main police station as well as a bank
and a court that enforces Islamic law, or sharia.
"The
attack resulted in an hours-long shootout with our men but they were
out-gunned and out-numbered by the terrorists," Yabo said. Security
personnel typically use the word "terrorist" when
discussing Boko Haram.
discussing Boko Haram.
Jigawa
shares a border with Yobe, a Boko Haram stronghold and one of three
northeastern states that has been under emergency rule since May of last
year
SOURCE DAILY NATION
SOURCE DAILY NATION
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These guys r not muslims.they are workers of the devil!!!