KANO (Nigeria): Gunmen believed to be extremist Muslims from Nigeria’s Boko Haram insurgent group killed 42 people, mostly students, in an overnight attack on a secondary school in restive Yobe state, a medical worker and residents said Saturday.
“We received 42 dead bodies of students and other staff of Government Secondary School (in) Mamudo last night. Some of them had gunshot wounds while many of them had burns and ruptured tissues,” Haliru Aliyu of the Potiskum General Hospital said.
Boko Haram which means “western education is evil” has killed hundreds of students in attacks on schools in the tense region in recent months. Agencies
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