Jaji bomb blast update: 11 feared dead, scores injured

Few days after the proposed peace talks between the Federal Government and the dreaded Boko Haram foot soldiers crumbled, bombers have launched multiple attacks on the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji in Igabi local government area of Kaduna state.

The two blasts, according to Nigerian Army hit the St. Andrew Military Protestant Church, killing 11 people and injuring 30 others.

According to army spokesman, Brigadier General Bola Koleosho, the attacks were just 10 minutes apart.

His words, “There were twin suicide bombings today at St Andrew Military Protestant Church (in the town of Jaji),”

A military spokesman in Kaduna, Colonel Sani Usman also confirmed that “There were blasts today in a church inside the military barracks in Jaji (in Kaduna state). It happened after the church service”

“The first blast caused no casualties and curious worshippers gathered around the scene looking at the debris… and that was when the second blast happened,” he said.

“Many people were injured but I have not received reports of any deaths at the moment.”

No group has claimed responsibility for the deadly attacks yet but some residents said the Islmaist fundamentalists, Boko Haram could be responsible.

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