Twin car bombs that exploded at a crowded
bus terminal and market in Nigeria's central
city of Jos have killed at least 118 people, the
country's emergency agency said.
Coordinator Mohammed Abdulsalam of the
National Emergency Management Agency said
fires raged in buildings after Tuesday's blasts
and he expected more bodies to be found.
"We've now recovered 118 bodies from the
rubble," he said. "This could rise by morning,
as there is still some rubble we haven't yet
shifted."
The bombs were concealed in a truck and a
minibus. officials said. The second blast killed
some of the rescue workers who had rushed to
the scene, which was obscured by billows
of black smoke.
"It's horrifying, terrible," said Mark Lipdo of
the Stefanos Foundation, a Christian charity
based in Jos, who described the sickening smell
of burning human flesh.
President Goodluck Jonathan condemned the
blasts, calling the perpetrators "cruel and
evil".
"The government remains fully committed to
winning the war against terror, and this
administration will not be cowed by the
atrocities of enemies of human progress and
civilisation," he said in a statement issued by
his office.
Boko Haram violence
Al Jazeera's Mohammed Adow, reporting from
the capital, Abuja, said there was no immediate
claim of responsibility for the attack.
"However, suspicion will most likely fall on the
group Boko Haram," he said.
Boko Haram grabbed world headlines with the
abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls a
month ago from a remote village in the
northeast.
Britain, the United States and France have
pledged to help rescue them.
