The Boko Haram insurgents on Sunday night (Yesterday) bombed two places in Jos, Plateau State.
The twin bomb explosion occurred along the University of Jos main campus road while the other explosion went off at Yantaya, Nasarawa Gwon.
It was gathered that the first bomb went off at a restaurant opposite the Bauchi road campus of the University of Jos at about 9.15pm, while the second one exploded at a mosque near Yan Tyre (tyre market) area of Dilimi Junction, along the same Bauchi road about 15 minutes later.
It was reported that Tafsir (Islamic sermon session) was ongoing around the scene of the second explosion.
This is coming few hours after a suicide bomber killed at least six people in a church in Potiskum in Yobe State.
The latest incident occurred less than five months after a similar bomb was detonated where the first bomb went off.
It was learnt that while the first bomb might have been detonated by a suicide bomber as it happened inside a restaurant, the insurgent might have used a rocket launcher to attack the mosque.
According to an eyewitness, the front of the mosque is usually crowded as it serves as the location where the leader of the Izalla sect, Sheikh Yahaya Jingir, normally performs the tafsir (breaking of fast).
The insurgents were said to have targeted worshippers who usually stay around after the breaking of fast.
The insurgents were said to have started shooting sporadically to beat a barricade mounted by security men in front of the mosque before launching the attack.
The eyewitness said, “We have counted 15 bodies that died instantly from the first blast. We are now moving to the scene of the second one at the mosque. But the soldiers are asking us to go back because the casualty is high.”
Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Emmanuel Abuh, who confirmed the twin blast, said men of the anti-bomb squad had been dispatched to the area.
Abua added, “It is too early to give any figure. We have dispatched our men there and we are expecting feedback from them.”