(UPDATED) Twin explosions hit Jos park, kill 12

 

At least, 12 persons were killed and scores of others injured as two separate bombs exploded in Jos on Thursday.

Our correspondent gathered that the first bomb went off at the Bauchi Road motor park, adjacent to the Bauchi road campus of the University of Jos at about 4.30pm, while the second one occurred almost simultaneously in front of the UNIJOS gate.

UPDATE: Police Reveal Kano motor-park blast Suspects

The Police Commissioner of the Nigeria Police Force’s Kano Command, Ibrahim K. Idris has said that two suicide bomber of suspected to 17 or 18 had gone to the park under the disguise of being passengers.

Fresh Bomb Blast Hits Kano Motor Park, 26 Feared Dead

Hours after a suicide bomber killed almost 20 people at a motor park in Potiskum, Yobe State, a bomb blast rocked one of the busiest motor parks at Kano Line, located at Naibawa Area, along Zaria Road, residents and security officials have said.