A gunman opened fire on students after walking into a high school in Potiskum in northeast Nigeria , critically injuring six , witnesses and a
humanitarian aid worker said. It was not immediately possible to ascertain whether the gunman , accompanied by a second attacker , was from Islamist jihadi group Boko Haram but the attack was in
their style.
Boko Haram has been trying to carve out an Islamic state in the northeast of Africa ’ s biggest economy for the past six years but Nigerian troops with the help of Chad, Niger and Cameroon are pressing an offensive against the militants .
The gunman , who was caught and beaten by locals , was accompanied by a suicide bomber who detonated but only blew himself up , the sources said .
“ We came out from lectures when we saw two people at the gate … he brought out a gun and started shooting , ” Musa Ahmed , a student at the College of Administrative and Business studies , said .
“ The suicide bomber … detonated the bomb killing himself alone but six of students were shot by the man with the
gun. ” Yobe was one of three states where the Boko Haram gained control of territory last year . Government troops recaptured key towns in the state in March. The
insurgents are now concentrated in Borno state mainly in the Sambisa forest reserve .
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