On this day, 20th of May in 2014, atleast 118 people were killed and 45 wounded in the district of the central Nigerian city of Jos after bomb blasts.
According to emergency services, the attack appeared to bear the hallmarks of the Boko Haram insurgents. However, there was no immediate claim of responsibility of the attack.
Recall that Boko Haram abducted more than 200 schoolgirls on April 14 from the northeastern village of Chibok. Britain, the United States and France have pledged to help rescue them.
According to Reuters reporter, 10 bodies burned beyond recognition were sighted at the bomb site opposite a hospital at Terminus, the downtown area of Jos which houses shops, some offices and a market.
“We’ve now recovered 118 bodies from the rubble,” said Mohammed Abdulsalam, coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency in Jos. “This could rise by morning, as there is still some rubble we haven’t yet shifted.”
