Death toll of Mubi Polytechnic killings increases to 46

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It was black independence day for students in Federal polytechnic, Mubi damawa state, as unknown gunmen, suspected to be members of Boko Haram, killed at least 46 persons, mostly students of three tertiary institutions in the town, on Monday night.

 Although, security watch naija earlier recorded the casualty figure in the Mubi killing as 25, sources said the figure could be higher as no fewer than 26 students of the Federal Polytechnic alone were shot dead.

Students of other schools attacked were from the School of Health Technology and the Adamawa State University, all in Mubi.  

The victims, a source said, were shot dead in what he described as a “commando style attack”.

An official of the Federal Polytechnic, who craved anonymity for security reasons, told THISDAY in a phone interview that the shooting took place at about 10pm, when the gunmen opened fire on some students at Wuro-Fatuje.  Wuro-Fatuje, a suburb of Mubi, is heavily populated by off-campus students of the three institutions.

“There was heavy gunfire from around 10pm until 11pm, when it subsided,” he said.

He confirmed that 26 students of the polytechnic were among the casualties, while the others were students of the two other institutions.

According to him, the bodies of the victims have been deposited at the General Hospital, Mubi.