The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said that no fewer than 118 people died in the twin bomb blasts which hit Jos Terminus Market yesterday in Plateau state.
Jos bomb blast scene
According
to NEMA's coordinator in the city of Jos, Mohammed Abdulsalam, 118
bodies have been recovered and the death toll could rise further.
Abdulsalam explained that more bodies may be in the debris” of buildings which collapsed due to the intensity of the blasts.
He added that 56 people were injured in the twin blasts.
Meanwhile
the Plateau state commissioner of police, Chris Olakpe said earlier
that 46 people were killed and 45 others were injured.
"We are saying 46. That’s the number we have in the morgues. But we are not ruling out more bodies," Chris said.
The
military said that improvised explosive devices were hidden inside a
truck and a minibus and went off within 20 minutes of each other.
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