Jos bomb: Death toll rises

 At least ten persons, among whom is a suicide bomber, have been confirmed killed in Sunday morning’s bomb blast near Christ Chosen Church in Jos, Plateau State.

Three of the victims are known to have died in the blast, while the others were in a reprisal attack by enraged youths of the area.
According to the director, nursing services at Bingham University Teaching Hospital (BUTH), Mrs. Maria Goni, 51 injured persons were brought to the hospital, and two who remained in critical conditions were referred to the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH).
At BUTH, one of the recuperating victims was Mercy Francis, 45, who was suffering the additional pain of not knowing the whereabouts of her daughter. Blessing Francis, 6, said they were in the church when they saw a vehicle coming in on top speed. They erroneously thought the vehicle was bearing on one of the parishioners, but just as the officiating pastor asked them to be seated, they were overwhelmed by the blast, which brought the building down on them. The pastor was one of those in critical condition, and was also referred to JUTH.
An eye witness reported that the suicide bomber arrived the scene in a Toyota Corolla saloon car, and drove a little beyond the road leading to the church before reversing and speeding directly towards the church gate and ramming into the gate to ignite the explosion.

Although the explosion ruined the church building, no death was recorded at the scene, and those who sustained various degrees of injuries did so from the collapse of the building.

Culled from Dailytimesng