Muslim school in Jos targeted by rocket

Muslim school in Jos targeted by rocket

An explosion rocked the city of Jos on Tuesday, with an official saying a bomb detonated outside a government building while residents reported heavy weapons fire from a lone attacker.
A 10-year-old boy died after a rocket was fired at a school in the city o but missed and hit a nearby building, officials say.
The school authorities say the boy was not a pupil at the large co-educational institution owned by the city's Muslim community.
“There was an explosion this morning... in the Bukuru area of Jos South. The bomb was intended to blow up the secretariat of Jos South local government,” said the Plateau state governor's spokesman Pam Ayuba.

Resident Murtala Abdullahi said an attacker fired a heavy weapon at a building from a main avenue, and that it appeared a Muslim school in the Bukuru area, across the street from the government building, was the target.

Military spokesman Salihu Mustapha confirmed the attack, saying that “someone opened fire on some innocents,” adding that “one of the bullets hit a child” who died.

Tension is high in Plateau after the army said it planned to launch campaigns in several areas to root out gunmen — accused of killing more than 100 people earlier this month.

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