{At least 20 students have reportedly been killed by a bomb at a school assembly in the north-east Nigerian town of Potiskum.}<\/p>\n
The explosion happened at a boys’ science and technical school in the town.<\/p>\n
Militant group Boko Haram is likely to be blamed for the attack.<\/p>\n
It has often targeted schools during its five-year campaign to establish an Islamic state, which has left thousands dead.<\/p>\n
“The students had gathered for the morning assembly when something exploded in their midst with a thunderous sound at exactly 7:50 am [06:50 GMT],” a sobbing teacher told AFP news agency.<\/p>\n
Victims were being rushed to a nearby hospital, said the teacher, who asked not to be identified.<\/p>\n
A witness told the BBC he saw parents wailing at the sight of their children’s bodies at the hospital.<\/p>\n
The school was a mass of abandoned footwear and blood, resident Adamu Alkassim told AFP.<\/p>\n
The blast underlines the lack of security in north-eastern Nigeria, says BBC Nigeria correspondent Will Ross reports.<\/p>\n
Boko Haram, whose names means Western education is forbidden, is waging a sustained campaign to prevent children from going to school.<\/p>\n
It believes girls should not attend school and boys should only receive an Islamic education.<\/p>\n
In April, the group sparked global outrage by abducting more than 200 girls from a boarding school in Chibok town in Borno state.<\/p>\n
It says the children have converted to Islam, are learning to memorise the Koran and have been married off.<\/p>\n
Potiskum in Yobe state has often been targeted by Boko Haram.<\/p>\n
Last week, a suicide bombing killed 15 people in the town.<\/p>\n
The bomber joined a religious procession of the rival Shia Muslim sect, before blowing himself.<\/p>\n
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