Nigeria school blast kills 47
At least 47 students have been killed by a suicide bomber at a school assembly in the north-east Nigerian town of Potiskum, police have said.
The explosion happened at a boys' science and technical school in the town.
Militant group Boko Haram is believed to have caused the blast, police said.
It has often targeted schools during its five-year campaign to establish an Islamic state, which has left thousands dead.
A suicide bomber disguised in a school uniform caused the explosion, survivors are quoted by Associated Press news agency as saying.
Police spokesman Emmanuel Ojukwu told the BBC Hausa service the bombing had left 47 people dead and another 79 wounded.
The school was a mass of abandoned footwear and blood, resident Adamu Alkassim told AFP news agency.
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