Suicide bomber injures 12, dies alone in Potiskum

A gunman suspected to be a member of the Boko Haram terrorist group on Friday stormed the College of Administrative and Business Studies (CABS) Potiskum in Yobe state, shooting indiscriminately, before blowing himself up when he ran out of ammunition.

The suicide bomber who was armed with an AK47 rifle, and an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) opened fire outside the school gate seriously wounding 12 students in the process.

Following a wave of attacks in the city, including on schools and colleges, students at CABS must pass through security screening before entering the campus.

The gunman fired on a crowd waiting at the gate to be screened, witnesses said.

“We had just started a class when we heard gunshots coming from the direction of the gates and we instantly realised we were under attack which made us to rush out of the class,” a student Tijjani Musa said.

According to another student, Mustapha Umar, the gunman managed to pass through the gates amid the chaos that broke out after he began shooting.

“He kept firing sporadic shots,” but was chased by a group of students who were frantically trying to subdue him, said Umar.

“When he ran out of ammunition he detonated the explosives under his robe, killing himself but no one from the crowd,” Umar told AFP.

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