Armed Islamic militants have killed
29 students and an English teacher in an attack on a boarding school in
northeastern Nigeria.
Survivors being treated for burns and gunshot wounds said
some students were burned alive in the attack on Saturday which has been blamed
on a radical terror group.
Gunmen, believed to be from Islamist sect Boko Haram,
stormed the premises of Government Secondary School in the town of Mamudo in
Yobe state at around 3am, setting fire to parts of the complex.
Dozens of children from the 1,200-student school escaped
into the bush and have not been seen since.
Parents rushed to the school and screamed in anguish as
they tried to identify the charred and dead bodies of the victims.
Mohammed Musa, who taught English at the school, died after
he was shot in the chest.
One 15-year-old, who survived the attack, told of how he
awoke to find one of the attackers pointing a gun at him.