Jos Bomb Blast: Man Sacrificed Self and Family to Save Over 400 Football Fans From Bomb Blast (PHOTOS)
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| Relations of the victims of Jos Saturday Bomb Blast |
It was earlier reported that the second Jos bomb blast of Saturday night only claimed the life of the suicide bomber, however contrary to that report, four people actually lost their lives.
According to a fresh report by Punch,
One of the football lovers at the centre, Muhammed Ibrahim, said over
400 youths were watching the match when the incident happened.
“The viewing center is large. Television sets were placed at various
points and it was crowded and in fact, over 400 of us would have been
killed had the bomber succeeded,”
Another witness, Alhaji Garba
Ahmad, who said he lost his senior brother, Bello, in the blast, said
the bomber had first attempted to enter the viewing center but was
prevented by a barricade erected along the road....He continued..
“He then turned back and tried to enter through a garage, but also encountered a wall between the center and the garage,”
He added that in frustration, the bomber packed the car, a Honda Odyssey, in front of a house.
“When we saw the car, unusually packed in front of our house,
my brother challenged him. He told my brother that his car had a fault
and wanted to repair it. My brother then asked him to take the car away.
Sensing something unusual I went inside and asked all the members of
our family to leave the house. Just as my brother was persuading the man
to leave our premises, he (the bomber) entered the car and immediately
he started it. It exploded and killed my brother, his son and his
friend.”
It was also gathered that the bomber had gone to the viewing center earlier in the day.
An official of the National Emergency Management Agency, Mr. Mohammed Suleiman, told our correspondent that the agency received a distress call at about 9 pm on Saturday and immediately rushed to the scene to carry out a search and rescue operation. He said that three people died on the spot, while the body of the fourth person was discovered on Sunday morning.
An official of the National Emergency Management Agency, Mr. Mohammed Suleiman, told our correspondent that the agency received a distress call at about 9 pm on Saturday and immediately rushed to the scene to carry out a search and rescue operation. He said that three people died on the spot, while the body of the fourth person was discovered on Sunday morning.
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