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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