Gunmen attacks Boarding School in Yobe, kill 20 students

Unknown gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members this morning attacked Government Secondary School Mamudo near Potiskum town killing 20 students and a teacher.  Four students sustained injuries and are in critical condition.

The spokesman of the Joint Task Force in Yobe, Eli Lazarus, who confirmed the story, said no arrest has been made while a “cordon and search operation” is ongoing in the general area. A witness said many of the victims were burnt alive by the attackers.

The attack occurs less than one month after gunmen, on June 16, killed seven students and two teachers in a government secondary school in Damaturu; and nine students a day later in neighbouring Borno State.