Photos: Bomb hits Yobe secondary school , 47 Confirmed Dead, 79 Injured

A bomb went off during morning assembly this morning at Government science and Technical Secondary school Potiskum Yobe state killing many students. teacher and a medic told AFP:

"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). 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.

A medic at the Potiskum General Hospital where the victims were taken said scores of students had
been admitted.

"We are still receiving casualties from the school which is a stone's throw from here. Our priority now is to save the injured, so we have not started a headcount of the victims." 

According to, Adamu Alkassim, alocal resident, there was pandamonium in and around the school but the scene was a mass of abandoned footwear and blood. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack but Boko Haram militants are likely to be the prime suspects.