
The bodies of the students killed in the bombing.
Police sources said the bomb exploded at around 7:30 am local time in a secondary school in the capital city of Potiskum Yobe state.
The explosion happened right at the beginning of the week when around 2,000 students lined up under the schoolyard for the assembly.
The surviving witness said the bomber was disguised as a school student and a bomb concealed in a backpack.
"A loud bang and dozens of students were killed, many of them wounded," a spokesman for the National Police Emmanuel Ojukwu said. The number of victims that was transferred to the hospital was so much, "an employee of the Potiskum General Hospital described the atmosphere in the hospital for reporters.
According to this person, many students may be cut off a body part due to his injuries.
The bodies of 78 students aged 11-20 were also taken to the hospital morgue waiting to identify the bodies. Many children have been burnt very difficult to recognize.
May their souls rest in peace. Amen.
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