Boko Haram has launched previous attacks in northeast Nigeria. This photo, taken Sept . 19, shows a house burned in an attack by the militant group in Benisheik. (Abdulkareem Haruna/Associated Press)
A college provost says suspected Islamic militants gunned down students as they slept and killed as many as 50 in an early morning attack in northeast Nigeria.
Molima Idi Mato of the Yobe state College of Agriculture told The Associated Press the gunmen also torched classrooms in the attack, which occurred around 1 a.m. Sunday in rural Gujba.
A hospital source has been quoted by Reuters as saying at least 26 people were killed by gunmen in Sunday's attack.
The college is about 40 kilometres from the scene of similar school attacks around Damaturu town.
He said security forces are still recovering bodies so he could not give an exact death toll. He said about 1,000 students have fled.
Northeast Nigeria is in a military state of emergency against an Islamic uprising prosecuted by Boko Haram militants who have killed hundreds of civilians in their quest for an Islamic state.
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