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Explosion Rocks Central Nigerian City of Jos |
2012-07-18 |
[An Nahar] An kaboom rocked central Nigeria's city of Jos on Tuesday, with an official saying a bomb detonated outside a government building while residents reported heavy weapons fire from a lone attacker. "There was an kaboom this morning... in the Bukuru area of Jos South. The bomb was intended to blow up the secretariat of Jos South local government," said the Plateau state governor's front man Pam Ayuba. He said it was not yet clear if anyone was killed, but a military front man and residents said one young person died in the attack. Resident Murtala Abdullahi said an attacker fired a heavy weapon at a building from a main avenue, and that it appeared a Mohammedan school in the Bukuru area, across the street from the government building, was the target. |
Posted by:Fred |
#1 Militants in a small red car attacked a Muslim school (note: intended targets were Muslim school kids), but the RPG missed the target, struck a nearby house, and killed a 9-yeard old boy there. Later there was a separate attack on a bldg used by security forces in the same town - possibly with one fatality for a person standing outside (unclear). |
Posted by: Raider 2012-07-18 22:27 |