POTISKUM, Nigeria, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Authorties in Nigeria believe Islamic extremist group Boko Haram is behind a suicide bombing at a school in Nigeria Monday that killed nearly 50 people.
Although no group has taken credit for the attack, according to BBC News, "Few of the attacks here are ever claimed by any group but Boko Haram."
"We were waiting for our teachers to come and address us at the assembly ground when we heard a huge explosion," student Adamu Ibrahim told CNN.
Thus far 48 people have been confirmed dead and another 79 were wounded. It remains unclear how many of the victims were children.
"School children were at the assembly ground this morning at about 07:30am, then a suicide bomber who was disguised and dressed as student detonated a bomb," a witness described to BBC news.
"It was a devastating attack. Dozens of children lost their lives and many more were injured. Some had broken limbs."
The town of Potiskum has been under constant attack from Boko Haram since the group emerged as a terrorist power. On Nov. 3, 15 Shiite Muslims were killed in a suicide bombing on on mosque during a religions ceremony. In the last year, on two separate occasions, gunmen from Boko Haram opened fire on schools in Potiskum, killing a 82 students in the two attacks.
