Suicide bomber kills 47 at school assembly in Nigeria

Boko Haram suspected of murderous attack by bomber who dressed as a schoolboy to get inside building

Potiskum General Hospital
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At least 47 pupils have died at a school assembly in Nigeria where a suicide bomber, believed to be dressed as a pupil, blew himself up. The explosion was at a boys' technical school in the north-eastern town of Potiskum.

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