Suspected Islamists kill two police in Nigeria

(AFP) – 10 hours ago

LAGOS — Suspected Islamists have killed two policemen in attacks in northern Nigeria in the past four days, police officers said Thursday, the latest in a spate of such incidents that have left dozens dead.
The attackers shot one policeman at his house on Wednesday night, police chief for Borno state Mohammed Jinjiri Abubakar said.
"They trailed him to his house. He was in mufti, so it must be people that know him," he said refusing to give more details.
One suspect has been arrested.
In a separate incident, an undercover policeman was shot and killed at his house on Sunday night, another senior police officer told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Previous similar incidents have been blamed on an Islamist sect known as Boko Haram, which launched an uprising in 2009 put down by a brutal military assault.
Three churches were attacked on Christmas Eve in Maiduguri, killing six people. The sect has also claimed responsibility for the recent assassination of a high-profile candidate for governor.
Dozens of people have been left dead in Nigeria's north in recent months in hit-and-run shootings blamed on the sect, though police say politics may have also played a role in certain killings ahead of April general elections.