43 killed in school attack by suspected terrorists

At least 43 people were killed on Tuesday, February 25 in an attack by suspected Boko Haram Islamists at a secondary school in Nigeria’s troubled northeast. The raid targeted the Federal Government College in the town of Buni Yadi in Yobe state and bore the hallmarks of a similar attack last September in which 40 died. The attackers hurled explosives and sprayed gunfire into rooms at student residential buildings while the students slept. Only male students seemed to be the target, while female students were spared. The name Boko Haram means “Western Education is forbidden.” The group has been blamed for waves of school attacks, especially in Yobe, where scores of students have been slaughtered in the last year.


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