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
theDamaturu-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 gunmenstormed
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.