The attack occurred when some Muslims were preparing for the morning prayer. The grenade would have killed no fewer than 10 worshippers, destroyed the mosque and possibly injure many passersby.
It was also gathered that when the gunmen mission failed, they fired shots in the air apparently to clear the way for escape. Captain Salisu Mustapha, Media and Information Officer of the STF, who confirmed the incident in a statement, said it took the swift intervention of the STF personnel, who cordoned off the area, to avert breakdown of law and order. “There was an attempted explosion at a mosque located along Bukuru Expressway in Jos South Local Government Area by miscreants when a 36-hand grenade was thrown into a mosque, but it failed to detonate.
They fired shots in the air and escaped. No arrest was made,”,he stated. Captain Musptapha adviced people to be vigilant and report suspicious objects, persons or activities in their area to security agencies. He promised that investigation was ongoing to apprehend perpetrators of the dastardly act.
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