KADUNA: Gunmen armed with rocket-propelled grenades attacked a police station and a bank in northern Nigeria, killing three policemen and two civilians, authorities said on Monday, in a region struggling to control an insurgency.
The gunmen struck the town of Ringim late on Thursday night, said Abdul Jinjiri, police spokesman for Jigawa state, where the town is located.
"After attacking a police station and killing three of our men, they then moved to nearby Unity Bank and killed two civilians there," Jinjiri said.
"They were not able to steal any money from the bank." The Ringim attack came a day before 25 people were killed in a separate clash between Nigerian security forces and suspected insurgents who robbed a bank and attacked a police station in northeastern Yobe state.
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