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.
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