YOBE SCHOOL ATTACKED BY A GUNMAN, INJURED 12

On Friday outside a school in northeast Nigeria's city of Potiskum, a gunman opened fire, seriously wounding 12 students in an area repeatedly targeted by Boko Haram, a police officer and witnesses said.

"From the scene of the shooting attack, we have evacuated 12 people with serious gunshot wounds," said the officer, who requested anonymity.

Multiple students at the College of Administrative and Business Studies in Potiskum, Yobe state, said the attacker with explosives strapped to his body blew himself up when he ran out of ammunition, but the blast caused no other casualties.

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

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

Tijjani Musa said, "We heard gunshots coming from the direction of the gates and we instantly realized we were under attack which made us to rush out of the class."

Another student, Mustapha Umar, said 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.

"He detonated the explosives under his robe when he ran out of ammunition, killing himself but no one from the crowd,"
However, residents say three students were killed.