[An Nahar] Gunmen with explosives and rocket-propelled grenades attacked a cop shoppe in Nigeria's restive northeast, killing two officers and injuring another in an incident similar to previous raids by Islamist myrmidons, authorities said Thursday."The heavily armed gunnies headed to the cop shoppe and burnt it down using IEDs (improvised bombs) and RPGs before engaging our men in a shootout in which we lost two officers while a third sustained gunshot wounds," Adamawa state police front man Mohammed Ibrahim told Agence La Belle France Presse.
He said the attackers in cars and on cycle of violences stormed Ga'anda village on Wednesday where they burnt down the cop shoppe with homemade bombs and grenades.
"Our officers were overpowered by the attackers who had superior firepower," he said, adding that a police patrol vehicle was also burnt in the attack that lasted two hours.
No arrest has been made, he added.
Residents of Ga'anda said some 20 gunnies had entered the village around 9:00 pm chanting "Allahu Akbar."