Three rocket-propelled grenades were fired in Jos yesterday, one at an Islamic school packed with students taking exams and two near an office of the Special Task Force, ratcheting tensions in the city that has been plagued by recurrent violence.


A 9-year-old boy was killed in the first attack that targetted the Nurul Islam School in Bukuru of Jos South local government area at about 10.30am, while two more people were found dead in the vicinity soon after.



Later in the day, three more people were killed in other parts of the city including an area close to the Plateau State Government House.

In the school attack, witnesses said three unidentified persons drove to the area and fired a grenade from a red Golf car as students of the Islamiyya school were writing exams.

The grenade missed the school but hit a nearby home, killing a boy named Rufai Umar.

Authorities quickly closed the school and sent the students home.

Secretary of the elders committee in Bukuru, Bala Baba Mohammed, told Daily Trust that two other adults, named Yusuf and Waje, were found dead in the area a few minutes later.

“One (had) bullet wounds and the other was hacked by a sharp object,” he said.

“The victim of the rocket launch is 9-year-old Rufai Umar, his brain is wide open and all over the place. The situation is pathetic.

“The victim of the rocket launch is 9-year-old Rufai Umar, his brain is wide open and all over the place. The situation is pathetic.

ifihearam: If it is an islamic school or a mosque then they should proceed,please bomb more of such places,to forestall future breeding of buharis and his cohorts.

Nwoka: How did regular citizens afford RPG's......this shows they are sponsored by two-sided politicians.....I'm not talking about ibb oooo...lol

megxo: IF BH DON GET RPG, DEM DON UPGRADE BEDAT O.....DIAS PROBLEM

CHIDI EJIOGU: Might be a retaliation attack

manitobor: Sounds like a reprisal attack. If this tit for tat continues it'll surely lead to a full scale war. The situation is really deteriorating fast. Never envisaged such a situation would arise in Nigeria. Really bad news.

whealthy:
But seriously, who breeds retards like this?

Ninapha: Why do u think its only boko boys dat can throw missile. There seems to be religious war in jos and environs. Every one is a suspect now. Jos christaians must be fools if they hv not learnt to throw too.

ifihearam: If it is an islamic school or a mosque then they should proceed,please bomb more of such places,to forestall future breeding of buharis and his cohorts.

ifihearam: If it is an islamic school or a mosque then they should proceed,please bomb more of such places,to forestall future breeding of buharis and his cohorts.