A
fresh bomb blast has occurred in Potiskum in Yobe State, this morning
killing many students and leaving several others injured.
Students
of Senior Science Secondary School Potiskum were on Monday morning hit
by a bomb blast at the assembly hall of the school planted by suspected
members of the dreaded sect the Boko Haram.
Witnesses said that the explosion rocked the school around 7:45 when the students were in for the first assembly of the week.
The source told Channels Television
that a bomber disguised as a student of the school entered the assembly
hall with the students and triggered the explosive devices killing
several students
A student in the assembly hall told Channels Television that he counted 19 death bodies with several others sustaining severe injuries.
The
State Commissioner of Police, Markus Danladi, who confirmed the bomb
blast, said that he was on his way to the scene of the incident as he
had no details.
Monday’s explosion came barely one week after a
suicide bomber attacked and killed scores of Islamic faithful on
procession also in Potiskum.
Potiskum is the major commercial town in Yobe State as Damaturu the state capital remain the administrative town of the state.
Credit: Channels News
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