{Two bomb attacks on the central Nigerian city of Jos have left at least 44 people dead, the authorities say.}<\/p>\n
A restaurant and a mosque were targeted on Sunday night.<\/p>\n
No-one has claimed responsibility but militant group Boko Haram has attacked Jos before, even though it is not in north-east Nigeria where the Islamists normally operate.<\/p>\n
The blasts are the latest in the series of deadly attacks in recent days which have seen more than 200 people killed.<\/p>\n
From the 44 dead, 23 were killed at the restaurant and 21 at the mosque, Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (Nema) says.<\/p>\n
There are also 47 people being treated for injuries, but emergency officials are still gathering information, so the figures may rise.<\/p>\n
The blast at the restaurant was the result of a bomb that had been planted, whereas the mosque was attacked by a suicide bomber and that explosion was preceded by a gun attack, the BBC’s Ishaq Khalid reports.<\/p>\n
Our correspondent says that many believe that the mosque’s imam, who was preaching at the time, may have been the target.<\/p>\n
Sheikh Muhammad Sani Yahya Jingir has been preaching against Boko Haram since 2010 and has in the past survived an assassination attempt at his home.<\/p>\n
He also survived this attack.<\/p>\n
Jos has seen several attacks blamed on Boko Haram, including an incident in February when at least 15 died and in December last year when more than 30 people died.<\/p>\n
Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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