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Double Explosions Rock Jos, Many Feared Dead As BokoHaram/ISIS Bomb Targets Ramadan Iftar – NewsRescue.com

Two explosions occurred on Sunday night in Jos, the Plateau State capital.

A PREMIUM TIMES correspondent reports that the first explosion occurred at Bauchi road, just before the University of Jos main campus, while the second explosion occurred around Yantaya, Nasarawa Gwon area, both in Jos North Local Government Area of the state.

The News Agency of Nigeria later reported that Tafsir (Islamic preaching session) was ongoing around the scene of the second explosion.

The twin explosions occurred hours after a suicide bomber killed at least six people in a church in Potiskum in Yobe State.

The police in the state could not be reached for comments at the time of publishing this report.

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