Boko Haram attack police station in Katsina

Less than a week after the deadly bomb attack on the police headquarters in Abuja, unknown gunmen raided a police station in northern Nigeria and killed several officers late on Monday, witnesses said.

The gunmen stole weapons from the police station armoury and also attacked a nearby bank with home-made explosives in the town of Kankara, in the far northern state of Katsina.

The unknown gunmen are believed to be members of the radical Boko Haram sect who have been responsible for series of violent attacks across the country.

One witness said the bodies of three policemen and several injured people were taken to hospital after the attack.

There was no immediate comment from the police.

A bomb tore through the car park of Nigeria's national police headquarters last Thursday, killing several people and narrowly missing the country's police chief who had entered the building moments earlier.

Boko Haram which is based in the remote northeastern town of Maiduguri and which wants a wider application of strict sharia Islamic law across Nigeria, claimed responsibility for Thursday's attack.

Boko Haram has been carrying out an increasing number of guerrilla attacks on police stations and targeted killings, including of traditional leaders and moderate Islamic clerics, in and around Maiduguri since last year.

Yes and they distributed the cash they robbed from Bank PHB there to onlookers and passers by, operating without fear or hurry, delibarately killing Police Officers and moving on. Where is the Nigeria I used to know people?