At least 12 people have been killed in attacks on two banks and two police stations in the northern Nigerian town of Gombi in Adamawa state.
Local officials said they suspected the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram carried out the attacks on Thursday.
Policemen, bank staff and customers were killed, while the attackers escaped with weapons and money, reports say.
Boko Haram, formed in 2002, is fighting for Islamic rule in Nigeria.
A resident of Gombi, Husseini Abdurrazak, said he saw gunmen storm a police station and escape with weapons, before robbing a bank, the AFP news agency reports.
"They were chanting 'Allahu Akbar' and our suspicion is they may be members of Boko Haram or just armed robbers hiding under that cover," he said. More...
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Local officials said they suspected the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram carried out the attacks on Thursday.
Policemen, bank staff and customers were killed, while the attackers escaped with weapons and money, reports say.
Boko Haram, formed in 2002, is fighting for Islamic rule in Nigeria.
A resident of Gombi, Husseini Abdurrazak, said he saw gunmen storm a police station and escape with weapons, before robbing a bank, the AFP news agency reports.
"They were chanting 'Allahu Akbar' and our suspicion is they may be members of Boko Haram or just armed robbers hiding under that cover," he said. More...
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