In a friday night attacks on a police station in Gombe state, suspected
Islamists have killed at least 14 people. Witnesses said Saturday. “I have seen at least 14 burnt
bodies in and
around the police
station,” a Gombe
resident who lives
near the station
told AFP on condition of anonymity.

The gunmen suspected to be
Boko Haram
Islamists Friday
launched simultaneous gun
and bomb attacks
on a prison and a
police station in
the northern city
of Gombe, a jail
guard and a
resident said.
The attackers
staged what
residents said
appeared to be
coordinated attacks on a main prison where some Boko Haram members are
believed to be
held, and on a
nearby police station.
“We are under
siege. A large
number of
gunmen have
encircled the
prison, shooting
and detonating
explosives. It is
clear they are
Boko Haram,” a
prison warden
told AFP from inside the central prison in Gombe city.

A resident, Ibrahim Yau, said gunshots and explosions rang
across the city for
over an hour.

The prison
overlooks the
police station and
both are situated
near the palace of
the tradition
Muslim leader, the
emir, in
downtown Gombe
city.
Source http://www.viewsonit.com/2012/02/at-least-14-killed-as-boko-haram-raid.html