Explosive Devices Planted at Church in Jos, Nigeria

A congregation in this central Nigerian city continued worshiping on Sunday (July 12) after a security man found and tossed over a fence a bomb before it exploded, the pastor said.

Authorities later discovered a second bomb on the church premises and disposed of it, said the Rev. Ezekiel Omidiji, senior pastor of Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) Gospel 1 in the Tudun Wada area of Jos, Plateau state.

"It was around quarter to nine when we heard this bomb blast,” Pastor Omidiji told Morning Star News. "Members were scared, but we were able to control them not to rush out into danger again.” ...