Two police stations attacked in Nigeria

LAGOS, Mar 20 (AFP): Gunmen using dynamite attacked a police station early Sunday in Nigeria's restive southeast, a day after two police constables were killed in another attack in the area, police said.

The attacks in southeastern Imo state were the latest violence in the volatile region where separatist violence is on the rise.

"The gunmen came with dynamite in the early hours of today and bombed part of the station at Oru but the assault was repelled," state police spokesman Michael Abattam told AFP.

He said four of the attackers were killed.

"Four of the gunmen were neutralised and five IED (improvised explosive devices) were recovered."

Abattam said on Saturday that a number of gunmen armed with explosives attacked Umuguma police station outside Owerri, the state capital, leaving two police constables dead.