Jos Bomb Blast: Morgue overfilled, Corpses including 7 Pregnant women litter hospital floor,

According to source, the number of casualties are overwhelming to the extent Corpses, including those of seven pregnant women and children, laid on the floor at the Plateau Specialist Hospital, Jos, while officials battled to put the bodies in large polyethylene bags. Several human remains, were gathered into bags, ostensibly for a mass burial.

Also at the mortuary of the old site of the Jos University Teaching Hospital, which is adjacent to the blast scene, about 100 corpses piled up in the overfilled morgue.A medical personnel at the hospital, who pleaded anonymity, said about 120 corpses were brought to the hospital.

University of Jos also confirmed that 8 final year medical students lost their lives in the bomb blast.

The situation was similar at Bingham University Teaching Hospital but officials declined comments.