23 students killed, 72 injured in Nigerian school bombing
At least 23 students were killed on Monday in the Government Senior Science Secondary School in Potiskum, Yobe state today when a bomb ripped through their school as they gathered for assembly before classes, rescue workers said. “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. A local resident, Adamu Alkassim, said there was confusion in and around the school, after the bomb went off, triggering a scene of abandoned footwears and blood. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack but Boko Haram militants are likely to be the prime suspects.