Death toll rises to 78 in Yobe student attack

 
The death toll at the College of
Agriculure, Gujba ,Yobe State has risen
to 78. At least 50 of them were
students who were attacked in the
early hours of yesterday morning as
they slept in their hostel. Some were
shot, others were butchered with
swords and knives. The gunmen,
suspected to be Boko Haram sect
members later moved to houses around
the hostel, killing residents they find.
Then they blocked the Damaturu-
Maiduguri road and killed travellers. So
far, 78 bodies have been counted, with
many more people still unaccounted
for. A student of the college who
survived the massacre explained what
happened...
"They started gathering students

into groups outside, then they
opened fire and killed one group
and then moved onto the next
group and killed them. It was so
terrible. They came with guns
around 1a.m. and went directly to
the male hostel and opened fire
on them. The college is in the
bush, so the other students were
running around helplessly as guns
went off and some of them were
shot down.”
The gunmen stormed the hostels in two
double-cabin pickup all-terrain vehicles
and on motorcycles, and were dressed
in military camouflage. They attacked 4
male hostels but avoided the only
hostel reserved for girls. Swords and
knives were used to kill at least 30 male
students. Some corpses that were
found were without heads while others
had heads hanging to the bodies.
Wailing parents and relatives were at
the Sani Abacha Specialist Hospital
mortuary in Damaturu this morning to
identify their loved ones. This can't
continue. This government has to do
something about the situation.