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Gunman opens fire in Nigerian high school, injures 6 students


    BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) - A gunman opened fire on students after walking into a high school in Potiskum in northeast Nigeria, critically injuring six, witnesses and a humanitarian aid worker said.

    The gunman, who was caught and beaten by locals, was accompanied by a suicide bomber who detonated but only blew himself up, the sources said.

    (Reporting By Ardo Abdallah, Writing by Julia Payne; editing by John Stonestreet)