1 police officer killed in early morning attack on Nigerian police station
GOMBE, Nigeria — Nigerian police say one officer was killed when
gunmen attacked a police station in Gombe state in northern Nigeria.
Police spokesman Fwaji Attajiri said three of the attackers
were killed in the shootout early Tuesday about 40 kilometers (25 miles)
from the state capital, also called Gombe.
Gombe state is relatively peaceful but it borders three northeastern
states that have been under emergency rule for more than six months as
security forces battle with Islamic extremist rebels from Boko Haram.
The
last deadly attack in Gombe was six months ago on another police
station. Boko Haram was not directly blamed for either attack but the
rebels have killed thousands in the past four years, targeting security
forces, government buildings, churches, mosques, schools and
infrastructure, mostly in northeastern Nigeria.
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