KANO (Reuters) - Islamist gunmen shot dead four policemen on patrol in northern Nigeria's main city of Kano on Tuesday, the second attack in under 24 hours, ending a brief lull in violence.
A police officer on the scene after the attack, who declined to be named, said the gunmen ambushed the patrol vehicle before escaping on motorcycles - a classic tactic of Islamist sect Boko Haram.
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