AfricCon Blogspot – News Line
Africcon Blogspot Report:
At least 28 students and one teacher burnt in an attack by gunmen on a boarding school.Africcon Blogspot Report:
At least 28 students and one teacher have been killed in an attack by gunmen on a boarding school in Nigeria's northeast.
Survivors being treated for burn and gunshots wounds said some students were burned alive in the attack on the Government Secondary School in Mamudo town in Yobe state early on Saturday.
As he wept over the bodies of his two boys, farmer Malam Abdullahi swore he would withdraw three remaining sons from a nearby school.
He complained there was no protection for students despite the deployment of thousands of troops since the government declared a state of emergency mid-May in three northeastern states.
Yvonne Ndege, our correspondent in Abuja, said the attack had the markings of the Boko Haram group who are known for attacking schools and are against western education.
"People are going to be questioning how effective the military operation against the Boko Haram group has been.
"It is worth noting that military has been suggesting all along that they are winning the war. But one of the problems for journalists is that is hard to get information from the area, because mobile and satellite phones have been blocked so it is almost impossible to cross-check what the miltary is saying with civilian accounts," our correspondent said.
