A police station in Maiduguri capital of Borno State has been destroyed in an attack blamed on the Boko Haram Islamic sect, the BBC reported this afternoon.
One policeman was injured by gunmen who shot at the entrance before an explosion inside injured another policeman and woman.
At least 16 people, mostly police officers, have been killed in the city in the past two months.
Clashes between Boko Haram and the police in July 2009 left hundreds dead.
The BBC’s Bilkisu Babangida in Maiduguri says the attack follows the killing on Saturday of an Islamic scholar.
He was believed to have been preaching against the sect, which is opposed to Western education and accuses Nigeria’s government of being corrupted by Western ideas.
Read more:http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2010/10/12/boko-haram-militants-burn-maiduguri-police-station/
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