KANO, Nigeria (AP) — Police in northern Nigeria's largest city say gunmen have shot dead two people.

Kano state police spokesman Rilwanu Dutse said Friday the attack occurred Thursday evening at a major junction in the city where people buy cigarettes and play cards.

Dutse said the gunmen arrived and shot at the crowds. He said a policeman was injured in the attack.

He declined to say who they suspected but suspicion fell on the radical Islamist sect known as Boko Haram.

The sect claimed responsibility for a coordinated January assault in Kano that killed at least 185 people.