Suicide bomber kills 48 students in Nigeria | You

10 Nov 2014

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Survivors say a suicide bomber disguised in a school uniform has detonated explosives at a high school assembly in northeast Nigeria, and a morgue worker says 48 students have been killed.

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Soldiers rushed to the grisly scene on Monday, but were chased away by people throwing stones, angry at the military's inability to halt a 5-year-old Islamic insurgency that has killed thousands and driven hundreds of thousands from their homes. A suicide bomber last week killed 30 people in the same city, Potiskum, the Yobe state capital.

Nigeria school assembly hit by bomb attack leaving at least 20 dead http://t.co/mreKoC5Nhc pic.twitter.com/7niWD7uoq5 — The Independent (@Independent) November 10, 2014

Survivors say about 2,000 students had gathered for Monday morning's weekly assembly at the Government Technical Science College when explosives apparently carried in a school-type rucksack blasted through the hall.

Hospital workers say dozens are being treated and amputations are likely.

- Adamu Adamu

Associated Press

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