Tuesday, 20 May 2014

Bomb explosion in Jos,Plateau today



At about 2:30pm today in Jos there was an explosion at the Main Market,behind Ahmadu Bello Way.It's a densely populated area and the commercial hub of the city..The first explosion is said to have gone off  at about 2:30 pm,in a Siena space bus with number plate,Plateau XB 146 BLD.
The second blast went off 30 minutes later,killing scores who rushed to the scene of the first bomb to help in rescue. killed at least 200 people according to eye-witnesses, making it deadlier than the Nyanya blast.

The bomb was planted in two cars, a Peugeot J5 van and a Toyota Sienna SUV with a Gombe state license plate number. Eye-witnesses said the car had been parked near the busy market since early this morning and had even drawn the curiosity of people in the area who allegedly alerted the police

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

You might want to change the figures,it is 118 people who were reported killed

Stella said...

Very sad