The volatile central city of Jos, capital of Nigeria’s northern state of Plateau on Tuesday afternoon was rocked by two explosions, BBC reported.
Heavy casualities are feared since the blasts took place on a busy market road.
A thick smoke enveloped the railway terminus area, close to the Jos Main Market and the state-run Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), following the twin blasts, a witness said.
“Security operatives rushed to the scene and ambulances and emergency officers had also arrived at the scene,” Clement Akpati, a rescue operator, said, IANS reported.
Although the cause of the blast has not been confirmed yet, officials said that several deadly clashes between Christian and Muslim groups here in recent years could not be overlooked.
Security officials have cordoned off the entire area and have rushed the injured to a nearby hospital.
Authorities said it was too early to say who was behind the violence but observers suggested a link to local politics rather than Boko Haram, the Islamist insurgents terrorising north Nigeria who are holding more than 200 schoolgirls captive.