A suicide bomber sent by Boko Haram sect has killed several students at the Government Comprehensive Secondary Science School in Pokistum, Yobe state.
A military officer in Damaturu confirmed to SaharaReporters by telephone, according to him, a bomb exploded during a daily morning assembly with hundreds of students in attendance.
"We are on our way but this is a preliminary report we got from troops on the ground. And I will brief you more, please."
The military source said over 30 bodies of students and teachers lay in the assembly area with many others sustaining injuries.
Other schools in the area have been closed down.
Update: Hospital as well as security sources in Potiskum have revealed that at least 50 students (including some teachers and school staff) were killed in today's suicide bombing. Some 79 persons were injured.