Police in Nigeria say at least 46 people were killed when two car bombs ripped through a busy market in the central city of Jos.

Plateau state police commissioner Chris Olakpe told reporters that 45 others were injured in the blasts, which happened in the New Abuja Market area of the city.

“The place has been cordoned off. Nobody should go there until we finish sweeping the place tomorrow (Wednesday),” he said.

The first blast exploded from within a truck at roughly 3:00pm (local time), with rescue teams rushing to the city’s New Abuja Market, the military said.

The second bomb came from a minibus some 20 minutes later and witnesses reported that many of the emergency workers were caught up in the second blast.

“Scores died. Mostly women,” Pam Ayuba, spokesman for Plateau state’s Governor Jonah Jang, said earlier.

Source – ABC