A commerical bus belonging to Adamawa state transport company on Thursday evening ran over a group of pupils of Islamic madrasah, known as "almajirai", killing 17 of them.
Reports said the victims between the ages of seven and twelve were swimming in a stream at Gorundo village in Gassol local government area of Taraba state when the driver of the bus lost control and ran into them in the stream killing the 17 almajirais on the spot.
An eye witness told Daily Trust that apart from those killed several others were injured and taken to Mutum Biyu Referral hospital where they were placed on danger list due to severity of their injuries.
The chairman Gassol local government council,Alhaji Tukura Bashiru confirmed the incident, but said report made available to him by the police indicated that 12 almajirai died on the spot while four others were on admission at Mutum Biyu Referral hospital.
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