A suicide bomb attack killed 47 students and injured 79
others on Monday as they gathered for morning assembly at
their school in northeast Nigeria, a massacre likely carried
out by Boko Haram, police told AFP.
“There was an explosion detonated by a suicide bomber,”
national police spokesman Emmanuel Ojukwu said,
referring to the attack at the Government Comprehensive
Senior Science Secondary School in Potiskum in Yobe state.
“We have 47 dead and 79 injured,” he added, saying that the
Islamist extremists were believed to be responsible.
others on Monday as they gathered for morning assembly at
their school in northeast Nigeria, a massacre likely carried
out by Boko Haram, police told AFP.
“There was an explosion detonated by a suicide bomber,”
national police spokesman Emmanuel Ojukwu said,
referring to the attack at the Government Comprehensive
Senior Science Secondary School in Potiskum in Yobe state.
“We have 47 dead and 79 injured,” he added, saying that the
Islamist extremists were believed to be responsible.
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