A substance suspected to be
improvised explosive device went off and severed the left hand of a male pupil
at Glory Land High School, Azugwu village, in Ebonyi Local Government Area of
Ebonyi State, on Thursday.
The victim, simply identified as
Chibuike, is an SSII pupil of the school.
The incident reportedly happened
during break hour, according to sources within the school.
Apart from the main casualty
whose hand was severed, the source said, “a good number of pupils” also
sustained varying degrees of injuries.
Our Correspondent reports that
Chibuike was seen wailing and rolling in his own pool of blood, and was rushed
to the emergency unit of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital,
Abakaliki.
Other students who sustained
varying degrees of injuries were currently being treated in undisclosed hospitals
and clinics in the state, sources said.
When contacted, the Police Public
Relations Officer in the state, DSP Loveth Odah, confirmed the incident, but
added that she had yet to get official report from the Divisional Police
Officer of Eke-Aba Police Station.
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