Scores of people were believed to have lost their lives as two
suicide bombers detonated their bombs in Jos, the Plateau
State capital this(Sunday) night.

Details of the blasts are sketchy as of the time of writing.
Our correspondent gathered that the first bomb went off at a
restaurant opposite the Bauchi road campus of the University of
Jos at about 9.15pm, while the second one exploded at a
mosque near Yan Tyre (tyre market) area of Dilimi Junction,
along the same Bauchi road about 15 minutes later.
While the casualty figure from the first blast was given by an
eyewitness as 15, the figure from the second blast at the
mosque could not be ascertained.

The latest incident occurred less than five months after a similar bomb was detonated where the first bomb went off.
It was learnt that while the first bomb might have been
detonated by a suicide bomber as it happened inside a
restaurant, the insurgent might have used a rocket launcher to
attack the mosque.

According to an eyewitness, the front of the mosque is usually
crowded as it serves as the location where the leader of the
Izalla sect, Sheikh Yahaya Jingir, normally performs the tafsir
(breaking of fast). The insurgents were said to have targeted worshippers who usually stay around after the breaking of fast.
The insurgents were said to have started shooting sporadically
to beat a barricade mounted by security men in front of the
mosque before launching the attack.

The eyewitness said, “We have counted 15 bodies that died
instantly from the first blast. We are now moving to the scene of
the second one at the mosque. But the soldiers are asking us to
go back because the casualty is high.”
Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Emmanuel Abuh,
who confirmed the twin blast, said men of the anti-bomb squad
had been dispatched to the area.
He explained that the exact casualty figure and the extent of
damage could not be ascertained until the men cleared the
area. Abua added, “It is too early to give any figure. We have
dispatched our men there and we are expecting feedback from
them.”

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Ok

always in their minds

Nawa ooo.. Wonder why dem boko harams dey heartless.. The innocent souls are just been wasted