Lagos ? An assailant on Tuesday fired a heavy weapon at an Islamic school in the central Nigerian city of Jos, killing at least one person in an area plagued by sectarian violence, officials and residents said. Witnesses described a man dressed in red firing what appeared to be a rocket launcher at the school in the Bukuru area of Jos. Initial reports had suggested a local government building was the target.
?An Islamic school was the target of the attack,? said Pam Ayuba, the spokesperson for the governor of Plateau State, where Jos is the capital.
Ayuba said he was at the scene with military and police, who all confirmed that one young person died, explaining that the victim was not a student at the school, but a bystander. A resident of the Kerana neighbourhood where the attack took place said a lone attacker ?dressed in red? stood on the street outside the school and fired a heavy weapon.
?The missile deflected and hit the wall of the school, killing [the young person],? resident Murtala Abdullahi said.
Source : AFP
