[ 2012-07-07 ]

Police defuse bomb in central Nigerian city
LAGOS (AFP) - Nigerian police said Saturday they
have made safe a bomb in Jos, a central flashpoint
city wracked by ethnic unrest and attacks blamed
on the Islamist group Boko Haram.

"The police anti-bomb squad successfully
recovered, disarmed, defused and evacuated the
improvised explosive device ... planted by
terrorists," Plateau State police spokesman
Emmanue Abuh told AFP.

He said the bomb was discovered late Thursday in
an area of the city called Congo Russia after most
residents had gone to bed.

"There was no casualty or damage to property. No
arrest has been made in connection with the
incident yet," he said.

Jos and its environs have been hit by repeated
violence between Muslims and Christians in recent
years.

The area has also witnessed gun and bomb attacks
attributed to Boko Haram.

Last week, police foiled a bid to blow up a bridge
in the area.

Plateau State lies in the so-called middle belt
region dividing the mainly Muslim north and
predominantly Christian south of Africa's most
populous nation and top oil producer.

Source - AFP

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