Seven final year students of the Medical Laboratory Science Department of the University of Jos were among the dead victims of Tuesday’s twin bomb blasts at the Terminal Market in Jos, Plateau State.
The students were said to be going to their hostels after receiving lectures at the old campus of the university when the incident occurred.
Confirming their deaths, the Assistant Registrar, Publications and Protocol, UNIJOS, Mr. Steve Otowo, told newsmen that bodies of two of them had been identified.’
“All students, especially those in the Medical Laboratory Science Department, have been directed to come to the campus with their identity cards today for verification,” Otowo told pressmen.
He said he had been going round hospitals in the city looking for missing members of staff and students.
Otowo also said the institution was compiling list of victims from the university community.
Some friends of the victims have however released their photos on their various social media pages.
See them below:
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