Police confirms 46 dead in Jos explosions

The Nigerian police have confirmed 46 people died in the two explosions that rocked Jos Terminus Market in Plateau State on Tuesday after noon.

The bombs were said to have been concealed inside a truck and a minibus the military said.

“There were two separate blasts,” at the New Abuja Market, Pam Ayuba said, referring to the attack at about 3:00 pm. We are yet to know the casualty rate,” he said.

“The first IED (improvised explosive device) was in a truck. The second was in a minibus,” said Kingsley Egbo, of the military State Task Force (STF) in Plateau state, of which Jos is the capital.

“The market was really crowded,” he added. “We are having a problem of crowd control… The emergency services have evacuated the casualties,” he told AFP.