Bomb Blast Again in Yobe During School Assembly with 47 Students Killed.

Again, bomb blast has killed at least 23 dead in Potiskum in NE Nigeria school blast.

The bomb which exploded at the Government Comprehensive Senior Science Secondary School in  Potiskum, Yobe state this morning as students gathered for morning assembly before classes began to hear the principal’s daily address, a teacher told AFP.

“At the moment, we have 23 dead bodies in the hospital and 72 other students injured in the blast,” a rescue worker said in an account supported by a Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps member.

“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),” said one teacher, who asked not to be identified.

“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,” the teacher added, sobbing.

 Potiskum General Hospital Doctor says 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.”

Boko Haram militants as said to be the likely to be the prime suspects.




Credit: NAN