Contrary to earlier report, the bomb blast that hit
Jos, Plateau was a twin bomb that took off almost
the same time. The two separate bomb blasts were a
few meters and minutes apart and rocked the Jos
main town at Railway Terminal area and Terminus
Roundabout respectively.
Over 200 people, according to new updates, were
killed in the tragic Jos bomb blasts that occurred
today, up from the official 72 dead released earlier
by government sources.
The bomb blasts had occurred after two vans
exploded at the market. First vehicle to explode was
a Peugeot J5 van, with the registration number XG
148 BLD, then the second blast was carried out with
a Toyota van, with a Gombe state license plate
number. Eyewitnesses are saying the second car, a
Toyota Sienna van, had been abandoned since 6 AM
Tuesday morning. The car exploded after a beeping
sound was heard by curious local residents.
The second blast killed more people than the first
one as many residents and traders, who had fled the
scene over the first explosion, tried to join rescue
agencies to save the injured and retrieve the bodies
of the dead. Men of the fire service, who responded
to distress calls to fight the resultant inferno, were
said to have stayed far away from the market over
fears that more bombs could have been planted in
the market.
Also,
University of Jos twitter handle just announced that
they lost 15 students at yesterday's twin bomb blasts
that left over 200 people dead. 8 of those students
were final year med students. Too sad!
