Suicide bomber kills 47 boys in Nigeria school massacre

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Source: AFP

Boko Haram were suspected of killing nearly 50 pupils Monday in a suicide bombing in northeast Nigeria, in one of the worst attacks against schools teaching a so-called Western curriculum.

The explosion at the all-boys school in Potiskum is the latest in a series of atrocities against schoolchildren in the state of Yobe, and the second suicide attack in the town in eight days.

The massacre came just a day after the release of a new Boko Haram video in which the group's leader, Abubakar Shekau, again rejected Nigerian government claims of a ceasefire and peace talks.

Students at the Government Comprehensive Senior Science Secondary School in Potiskum were waiting to hear the principal's daily address when the explosion happened at 7:50 am (0650 GMT).

Read more: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/explosion-school-ne-nigeria-teacher-medic-083829697.html

[kentauros]

1. Dammit!

[mercuryblues]

2. absolutely

horrid. I can not come up with words to adequately convey my disgust at this vile group.

[riderinthestorm]

3. DESPICABLE!

[myrna minx]

4. horrible!

Those poor children!

[samsingh]

5. horrible

[840high]

6. Bastards.

[shenmue]

7. Killing schoolchildren

[oberliner]

8. Absolutely awful

Sickening.