Three killed in Jos explosion

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21 March 2011

Three killed in Jos explosion

Three persons were killed on Sunday, when a device assumed to be explosives, exploded at Dualla junction, Nassarawa Gwong in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State.

Eye witness report said two men riding on a motor cycle were suspected to be carrying the explosive which detonated in their custody, killing both of them instantly.

The third person was riding alone and turned to escape from the scene of the explosion when angry residents pulled him down, before killing him and setting his body ablaze. The mob also burnt the two who died from the explosion.

The incident, which occurred at about 9:45am, took place near the premises of ECWA Church, Nassarawa Gwong, some 300 meters from Angwa Rukuba junction. The junction was scene of the multiple explosions that rocked the city on December 24, last year.