11 killed in attack on school, soldiers in Nigeria

Eleven people, including seven students, have been killed in an attack on a government school and a military checkpoint in northern Nigeria by suspected members of the insurgent Boko Haram group.
The attack took place in Damaturu, the capital of Yobe state yesterday.
Eleven persons were killed when the sect members attacked Government Secondary School, Damaturu and a military checkpoint, military spokesman Lt. Eli Lazarus said.
Two teachers, seven students and two insurgents are those killed in the attack, he said, adding that three soldiers sustained severe injuries during the clash.
Eleven corpses were brought into his hospital, medical director of Damaturu Specialist Hospital Salem Umar said.

Six other students who sustained injuries were receiving treatment in the hospital, he said.

According to a survivor student, Goni Abubakar, the insurgents entered their school hostel in the evening and started shooting, forcing them to flee by jumping over the school fence.
Recently, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in three states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe where terror groups are known to be more effective.
Nigerian army moved in to the states and forcefully took over the camps where the groups organised themselves, especially in Borno, releasing women and children held as captives.
Boko Haram has been a major terrorist group in Nigeria which has killed thousands through suicide attacks, bombings and shootings.

The group wants to install an Islamic caliphate in Nigeria, an oil rich African country with a population of 150 million people equally shared between the two major religions, Islam and Christianity.