10 escape death in grenade attack on Jos mosque

Ten worshippers escaped death in a mosque in Bukuru, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State at the weekend after a grenade thrown into the mosque failed to explode.
It was not immediately clear who the brains behind the failed attack were.
The grenade, described as 36 hand grenade, was later taken away by the Special Task Force (STF) on Jos crisis.
An eyewitness, Danjuma Bala, said, “The incident occurred at about 8:30pm on Friday. About 10 people were in the mosque preparing for the Ishai prayers when the grenade was thrown inside by unknown persons.
Media and Information Officer of the STF, Captain Salisu Mustapha, confirmed the incident, sayin, “there was an attempted explosion at a mosque located along Bukuru express way in Jos South Local Government Area on 1st March, 2013 by 0830pm.
“Miscreants threw a 36 hand grenade into a mosque but it failed to explode. Thereafter, they fired shots into the air and escaped. No arrest was recorded.”
Captain Musptapha said operatives of the JTF cordoned off the area to avert a breakdown of law and order.
He enjoined people to be vigilant and report any suspicious objects, persons or activities in their area to security agencies while investigation into the Friday incident is going on to apprehend the perpetrators of the dastardly act.
In a separate operation, security agents in the state discovered two un-identified corpses during a raid of suspected criminals’ hide out in Shendam and Barkin Ladi Local Government Areas of the state.