Jos , Nigeria ( CNN ) -- At least 29 students at a college in Nigeria are dead Tuesday after an attack authorities suspect was carried out by Boko Haram Islamists , according to the Nigerian military . The attackers also torched several buildings , the military said . `` There were burnt bodies of students who can not be easily identified , '' State Police Commissioner Sanusi Rafai said . The attack happened at a federal college in Buni Yadi , near the the capital of Yobe state . It came three days after President Goodluck Jonathan sent his top military chiefs to the northeastern part of the country to try to put down the violence there . The attackers escaped from the scene , military spokesman Capt . Eli Lazarus said . No group , including Boko Haram , immediately claimed responsibility for the attack .
Al Haram is blamed for an attack at a school . 29 students were killed , the military said . Several houses were also damaged .