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Boko Haram burns police HQ, churches in Yobe •4 policemen killed, 20 others wounded

THE fundamentalist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, again struck on Saturday evening, killing four policemen, wounding about 20 others

and burning some churches as they attacked the police head-quaters in Geidam, Yobe State.

The attack on the police headquarters, according to Agency report, set the small North-East ablaze, in a wave of night-time gun and bomb attacks by the radical Islamist sect, which had claimed responsibility for dozens of shootings and attacks with improvised explosive devices this year.

“The Geidam divisional police headquarters and FirstBank were bombed on Saturday evening by Boko Haram and fire was exchanged into the night between the police and Boko Haram members,” a police spokesman told reporters.

“Four policemen were killed, 20 wounded, eight churches and 20 market stalls, as well as Geidam council secretariat are completely destroyed,” the spokesman added.wp_posts

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