By ALIYU DANGIDA

DUTSE – SOME suspected members of Boko Haram have attacked the Birniwa Divisional Police Headquarters in Jigawa State, killing a teenage girl and injuring a police officer before burning down the building.

Birniwa Local Government council shares border with Nguru Local Government of Yobe State  where the sect had inflicted pain on the people.

Sources told Vanguard that the attackers, numbering about 15, invaded the station, Tuesday night, and shot the police officer on the leg while the teenager was killed by a stray bullet from their encounter with the police.

It was gathered that the Boko Haram suspects had a field day in the station as the policemen on duty scampered for safety for fear of being killed.

The state Police Commissioner, Mr Hashim  Argungun, confirmed the incident, adding that he had ordered an investigations into the matter.

Argungun, however, expressed doubts if  the attackers were members of the Islamic Boko Haram or hoodlums.

This is the first attack by Boko Haram in the state and coming barely three days after President Goodluck Jonathan declared state of emergency in 15 local government areas of Yobe, Borno and Niger states.

Sect kills 3  in Yobe Borno

In a related development, Police said three people were killed in attacks by a Boko Haram sect despite a state of emergency in parts of the state.

Borno State Police Commissioner,  Simeone Midenda said, yesterday, that two suspected Boko Haram gunmen shot dead the head of the Shehuri neighbourhood in Maiduguri Tuesday evening.

Yobe State police chief, Tanko Lawan, says suspected sect members also killed the leader of a neighbourhood in Damaturu during a simultaneous attack.