June 10, 2012
Five persons were killed today in Jos, Plateau State by irate youths protesting the suicide bombing attack that killed several people at Lord’s Chosen Assembly Church in Jos early morning.
Five persons were killed today in Jos, Plateau State by irate youths protesting the suicide bombing attack that killed several people at Lord’s Chosen Assembly Church in Jos early morning.
The Jama’atu Alus Sunna Lidaawati Wal Jihad popularly known as Boko Haram has claimed responsibility of the suicide attacks in Jos, Plateau State, they also claimed credit for another attack targeted at EYN Church in Tabra- Biu, Borno State. The sect said it did it to prove that Nigerian security agencies cannot stop its attacks and operations in the north. The spokesperson of Special Task Force (STF) Captain Markus Mdahyelya, who confirmed the killing of five persons in Jos by angry youths said those killed were primarily commercial bike riders. The STF warned residents of Jos to stop taking laws into their hands, “The general public is warned not to take the laws into their hands as any act of crime would not be tolerated by the security agencies,” A suicide bomber drove a car rigged with explosives to the Church in a saloon car with registration number BSA 36 AA but the car exploded before it could reach its intended target killing the bomber and four others. Also, the church building was leveled to the ground. About six persons have been arrested in connection with the killings that followed after the suicide bombing attack today according to the police.googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('content1'); });
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