Showing contempt for the state of emergency in effect in Yobe State,
suspected Boko Haram militants today stormed a boarding school and
killed 30 students.
A credible military source in Nigeria who confirmed the attack to to SaharaReporters said the incident occurred at the Government Secondary School in the town of Mamudo at about 2am. The militants seem to have regrouped in a commando style to carry out the butchery, some of the victims reportedly burned alive despite soldiers all over the place enforcing the military emergency.
In addition to the dead, many others incurred serious injuries and were rushed to hospitals in Damaturu, the state capital.
One teacher, our source said, is among those killed. Troops have now been deployed to the area, but the incident calls to question the strategy being employed by the military in their implementation of the state of emergency, and how much success they have actually achieved so far.
A credible military source in Nigeria who confirmed the attack to to SaharaReporters said the incident occurred at the Government Secondary School in the town of Mamudo at about 2am. The militants seem to have regrouped in a commando style to carry out the butchery, some of the victims reportedly burned alive despite soldiers all over the place enforcing the military emergency.
In addition to the dead, many others incurred serious injuries and were rushed to hospitals in Damaturu, the state capital.
One teacher, our source said, is among those killed. Troops have now been deployed to the area, but the incident calls to question the strategy being employed by the military in their implementation of the state of emergency, and how much success they have actually achieved so far.