BREAKING: Bomb Blast Students At Assembly Ground

BREAKING: Bomb Blast Students At Assembly Ground

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A fresh bomb blast in Potiskum this morning has been reported to have killed more than 30 students in Potiskum, Yobe state.



The bomb went off when students of the Government Senior Science Potiskum, Potiskum Local Government area of the state gathered for their morning assembly. Many of the students were seriously injured.

A teacher from the school told Daily Trust he counted more than 30 corpses.
"Over thirty corpses are lying in pool of their blood and we are now moving the injured to hospital for medical attention," the teacher who didn’t volunteer his name said.

The Yobe state commissioner of Police Markus Danladi confirmed the incident to Daily Trust in a telephone chat. He said he was on his way to the scene of the blast. He could not confirm the number of casualties.

A student who escaped by the whisker told Daily Trust that the mastermind of the blast came into the school compound with a bag and detonated the explosive in the midst of students.

Only last week, a suicide bomber killed more than 20 members of the Shiite sect in Potiskum during their religious procession, injuring many more.