Kano: A police inspector was fatally shot dead by unidentified gunmen suspected of belonging to the Boko Haram Islamist sect outside his home in northern Nigerian Yobe state, media reported on Friday.
According to reports police commissioner Moses Namiri said that two gunmen shot Ibrahim Mari as he tried to enter his house in the state capital Damaturu after returning from night duty.
“The attackers fled after the attack but we are making efforts to arrest them,” Namiri said.
In another attack in the same region late Thursday, a group of six suspected Islamists killed a 35-year-old electrician they suspected of giving information on the sect to security agents.
Nura Mohammed was shot dead in his house by the assailants, Namiri said.
Residents said the attackers shot him in the head after a brawl.
The group’s insurgency has killed hundreds since mid-2009, with the United Nations, churches and local authorities being among its targets.
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