one teacher at Government Secondary School at Mamudo, about five
kilometres from Potiskum in Yobe State at about 3.00am today
Survivors are being treated for gunshot wounds and burns at Potiskum
General Hospital. The gunmen are suspected to be members of Boko
Haram.
An English teacher, Mohammed Musa, the victim, was shot in the chest,
according to another teacher Ibrahim Abdu.
Fifteen-year-old Musa Hassan, a student, told newsmen at the hospital:
"We were sleeping when we heard gunshots. When I woke up, someone was
pointing a gun at me."
He put his hands up to cover his face in defence and suffered a
gunshot that blew off all four fingers on his right hand which he uses
to write with.
Hassan said the gunmen came with jerry cans of fuel which they used to
torch the school's administration block and one of the hostels.
"They burned the students alive," he said, the horror showing in his wide eyes.
It is believed that dozens of children from the 1,200-students school
escaped into the bush. Many have not been seen since. Some bodies were
so charred they could not be identified, so many parents do not know
if their children survived the attack.
Yobe was one of the three states, in which Federal Government declared
a state of emergency mid-May. No word yet from the special forces
about the attack.
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