Confusion In Jos As Two Explosions Rock GSM Market In Jos Central Area

    

Two bombs have exploded around the ever busy Jos Main Market, between Railway Terminus and the temporary site of the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) in Jos, Plateau State.


Additional information to odogwuemekaodogwu.com had it that over 200 people were killed. Security officials initially said , 72 were.
The first vehicle to explode was a Peugeot J5 van, with the registration number XG 148 BLD. The second blast was carried out with a Toyota van which was allegedly abandoned since 6 AM Tuesday morning, with a Gombe state license plate number. 
Two big explosions rocked the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) area inside the Terminus Market near Murtala Mohammed way, in Jos city.


Police was allegedly informed about the suspicious Van but they did nothing.

 
The first explosion sounded at about 2:55 PM while the second happened about 10 metres away at about 3:20 PM around the same area, according to Premium Times.
According to CNN, there were three explosions. The first blast was a bomb detonated at the Terminus market, where food and clothes are sold, the journalists said. The second blast was at the same market and could have been a bomb or gas canister ignited by the first bomb. The third explosion was at Abuja market, which sells shoes, the journalists at the scene reported.
The explosions were followed by a thick smoke and is believed to have affected many shops and commercial vehicles. It is not known whether anyone was killed or injured.
The explosion has however created tension in the area with cars colliding as drivers scampered for safety.
Casualties is said to be high because the explosion happened at a densely populated areas of Ahmadu Bello Way where the GSM market is located.
Ambulance and other safety providers were seen rushing to the area. It was gathered that victims of the explosion are being rushed to Ola hospital.
Sound of the explosion was heard in Bukuru, which is about 20km from Jos city.
The Commander of the Special Task Force (STF) on Jos crisis, Major General Dave Enetie, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria but did not give casualty figure.


Courtesy news niger.com