Christmas Eve bombings in Nigeria leave dead, injured
25th December 2010
Five blasts went off in the Nigerian city of Jos Friday night as residents were celebrating Christmas Eve, leaving dead and injured, a regional government official said.
The exact number of casualties was not determined, but an eyewitness said he counted eight dead.
Choji Gyang, a special advisor to the governor of Nigeria’s Plateau state, said two bombs went off in the Angwa Rukuba area of Jos. Within five to 20 minutes, three more blasts happened in the area of Kabong, he said.
“The way they went off was in the same manner. They all went to where people were concentrated,”Gyang said.
In recent weeks, the governor’s office had received letters purported to be from some Muslim organizations threatening attacks against Christians, Gyang said. “The security officials didn’t take the threat letters seriously. They were thought of as gimmicks, and at the end of the day, they became reality.”
That’s some fine Religion o’ Peace™ you got there, Mohammed.