Sectarian violence flares in Nigeria

Gunfights between radical Islamists and police echoed out across northern Nigeria late Monday in the latest flare up of sectarian violence in the country.
A powerful blast rocked a police station followed by sustained gunfire in the city of Kano, Nigeria's second biggest urban center.
According to news agency AFP, one police officer was shot in the leg during the attack, believed to have been carried out by the militant Islamist sect Boko Haram, though no group has yet officially claimed responsibility.
One eyewitness from Kano's Sharada district reported the explosion "coming from around the police station. Shortly, gunshots followed. From what I heard it sounded like a shootout."