ICC Note:

Coordinated bombs exploded this morning in the allegedly predominantly Christian part of Jos, Nigeria’s central market. Planted on the market’s railway transit system, the two devices detonated at 3pm and 3:30pm respectively, killing at least 118 and wounding more than 40. The second bombing in three days, Tuesday’s explosions followed the detonation of a suicide car bomb in Kano’s Foreign Quarter, also reportedly predominantly Christian. Allegedly killing 20 Christians, Kano law enforcement at the scene confirmed only five deaths, including those of a 12-year-old girl and that of the bomber himself. According to local sources, the bomb was detonated prematurely, its intended targets having been three churches located on Middle Road. Both the Kano and Jos bombings are suspected as the work of Islamic insurgency and U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) Boko Haram.

05/21/2014 Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Islamic extremists set off two bombs in a mainly Christian area of the central Nigerian city of Jos today, causing massive destruction of human lives and property, sources said.

Two days after a suicide bombing in northern Nigeria killed an estimated 20 people, Islamic extremist Boko Haram rebels were suspected of setting off the bombs near shops belonging to Christians in the central market district of Jos. At press time an official with the National Emergency Management Agency said at least 45 people were wounded and 118 bodies had been recovered, with more expected to be found in the rubble.

The first bomb exploded at 3 p.m., with the second one detonated about a half hour later, as efforts were underway to evacuate the dead and wounded. The bombs were planted in the Railway Terminal area.

Shortly after escaping the blasts, a Christian woman who owns a shop in the area told Morning Star News she was returning to her business when she heard the explosions.

“I had left my shop and went out and was just returning when the bombs exploded,” said the woman, who requested anonymity. “I put through a phone call to some of my colleagues, and they confirmed that three Christian brethren, a man named Dauda, and two other Christian women, have died from the blast.”

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