An explosion rock a market in jos

At least 46 people were killed when two car bombs
ripped through a busy market in the central
Nigerian city of Jos, police said on Tuesday.
Plateau state police commissioner Chris Olakpe
told reporters that 45 others were injured in the
blasts, which happened in the New Abuja Market
area of the city.
Also the Plateau State Government says it is “not
in a hurry’’ to release the casualty figures from
Tuesday afternoon’s two bomb blasts which hit the
Terminus Market in Jos.
“The casualty figures have not been ascertained
because the figures are still being collated from
various hospitals,’’ the state’s Information
Commissioner, Olivia Dazyam, told newsmen in
Jos on Tuesday.
She however said the figures would be made
available “as soon as possible’’.
The commissioner said security agents had been
drafted to the scene of the blasts, and advised
hospitals to accept the victims and begin treatment
immediately.
“Full investigation has begun on the incident. But
we want people to be calm and pray, especially for
the victims.
“We also want everyone to support the authorities
in these trying times,’’ she said