UPDATE: 30 killed in Jos suicide bombing

Up to 30 people were feared killed on Thursday in Jos, Plateau State, when two suicide bombers detonated bombs at Terminus area of the city.

The same area was bombed May this year

The bombs reportedly went off in quick succession at about 6.30pm from two female suicide bombers who pretended to be traders.

Reports have it that one of the bombs went off at about in front of the popular Mr. Biggs eatery situated at the busy Terminus area of the end of the Ahmadu Bello Way while the second exploded few minutes later, targeting some traders at the junction leading to Bauchi Road from Muritala Mohammed Way, just opposite the demolished ‘Mama Tapgun’ statue near the burnt Jos Main market.

While security sources say the casualty level could be as high as 16, residents and traders in the city maintained that the casualty figure would not be less than 30 owing to the fact the Terminus is usually heavily populated in the evenings when traders who had been sacked from the area usually return to do business.

The Terminus also serves as a park for commuters going home after the day’s work or business.
It is the same area a bomb went off in May, killing up to 118 people.