Police in northeast Nigeria say suspected Islamic extremists attacked a police station, killing four officers in a gun battle. The attack early Thursday morning in Babangida, a small town in Yobe state, is part of a continuing wave violence sweeping the north. Yobe state police commissioner Rufai Sunusi said Thursday that his officers killed five of the gunmen.

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