Gunmen believed to be members of Boko Haram stormed Government Secondary
School in Mamudo Yobe state on Saturday July 6th and killed at least 29
students and one teacher.
Eyewitnesses and other students who survived the attack said the gunmen
gathered the students, put them in one of the hostel rooms, threw
explosives and opened fire, killing at least 29 students and wounding
others. Some victims had their body parts blown off, some were badly
burnt, while others had only gun shot wounds.
Following the violent attack, the Governor of Yobe State, ordered all
secondary schools in the state to be shut down until September.
This killing is the third attack on secondary school students in less
than a month. On June 16, suspected members of Boko Haram killed seven
students of a secondary school in
Damaturu, then the next day, June 17, nine students
sitting for an exam at a Secondary School in Jajeri ward in
Maiduguri, Borno State were killed. RIP to the young ones we have lost.