Boko Haram Bomb Explosion Killed 47 Students At Boys Secondary School In Potiskum Yobe

Another bomb explosion has rocked a secondary
school in Potiskum.
This latest attack carried out by suspected Boko
Haram militants killed nearly 50 pupils on Monday.
The explosion at the all-boys school in Potiskum is
the latest in a series of atrocities against
schoolchildren in the state of Yobe, and the second
suicide attack in the town in eight days.
The massacre came just a day after the release of a
new Boko Haram video in which the group's leader,
Abubakar Shekau, again rejected Nigerian
government claims of a ceasefire and peace talks.
Students at the Government Comprehensive Senior
Science Secondary School in Potiskum were waiting
to hear the principal's daily address when the
explosion happened at 7:50 am (0650 GMT).
"There was an explosion detonated by a suicide
bomber. We have 47 dead and 79 injured," national
police spokesman Emmanuel Ojukwu said, adding
that Boko Haram was believed responsible.
Teacher at the school, who asked not be identified,
called the blast "thunderous", while a local described
the horror of the aftermath.
Adamu Alkassim said the scene was a mass of
abandoned footwear, blood and flesh, as the victims
were taken to the Potiskum General Hospital, just
100 metres away.
One rescue worker involved in evacuating the
students from the school said the wounded had
"various degrees of injuries".
The victims are thought to be in their teens.
Boko Haram, which wants to create a hardline Islamic
state in northern Nigeria, has previously carried out
deadly attacks on schools teaching a so-called
Western curriculum since 2009.

Posted By David Aniemeka