Latest news emanating from Yobe State, northern Nigeria, indicates that a bomb explosion happened early this morning inside the All Boys Government Technical Secondary School in Potiskum.
According to reports, many people are feared to have lost their lives in the attack and others sustained injuries as witnesses of the explosion stated that it occurred when students of the affected school gathered for the routine morning assembly.
It was gathered that the assembly holds at 8am, Monday to Friday.
Another source informed that the attack was carried out by a student s*****e bomber.
Speaking with AFP reporter, a teacher from the school said:
“The students had gathered for the morning assembly when something exploded in their midst with a thunderous sound at exactly 7:50 am (0650 GMT).
“The explosion has affected many students but I can’t say how many because we are now evacuating the victims to the hospital which is just 100 metres (yards) away.”
A medic at the Potiskum General Hospital where the victims were taken said that scores of students had been admitted.
“We are still receiving casualties from the school which is a stone’s throw from here,” the medic said.
“Our priority now is to save the injured, so we have not started a headcount of the victims.”
A local resident, Adamu Alkassim, said there was confusion in and around the school but the scene was a mass of abandoned footwear and blood.
Confirming the attack to Premium Times, the spokesperson of the Yobe State Command of the Nigeria Police, Nansak Chegwam, declined to comment on the incident, saying the military is in charge of operations at the scene of the incident.
Also, a military source told Sahara Reporters that over 30 bodies of students and teachers lay at the scene of the incident with many others sustaining injuries.
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Update from Nigerian police. Young children just blown to pieces. Too sad!
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