SOKOTO, Nigeria (AP) — Two explosions have struck police stations in northwest Nigeria.
An Associated Press journalist in Sokoto, the major city of Nigeria's northwest, says he saw smoke rising over the stations after the blast Monday morning. Police and security agents have blocked off roads to the sites.
The cause of the blasts was not immediately known. A Sokoto state police spokesman could not be immediately reached for comment.
The explosions come as Nigeria faces an increasing threat from a radical Islamist sect known as Boko Haram.
Meanwhile, Kano state police chief Ibrahim Idris said policemen killed four men who were attempting to bomb a mosque Sunday in the major city of Kano. Air Commodore Sani Ahmed, a Nigerian air force official in Kano, said motorcycle-mounted gunmen also killed two air force officers Sunday.
An Associated Press journalist in Sokoto, the major city of Nigeria's northwest, says he saw smoke rising over the stations after the blast Monday morning. Police and security agents have blocked off roads to the sites.
The cause of the blasts was not immediately known. A Sokoto state police spokesman could not be immediately reached for comment.
The explosions come as Nigeria faces an increasing threat from a radical Islamist sect known as Boko Haram.
Meanwhile, Kano state police chief Ibrahim Idris said policemen killed four men who were attempting to bomb a mosque Sunday in the major city of Kano. Air Commodore Sani Ahmed, a Nigerian air force official in Kano, said motorcycle-mounted gunmen also killed two air force officers Sunday.
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