Corpses, including those of seven pregnant women and children, laid on the floor at the Plateau Specialist Hospital, Jos, on Wednesday while officials battled to put the bodies in large polyethylene bags.
There were several human remains, which they 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, while the injured persons were rushed to the permanent site for medical attention.
The situation was similar at Bingham University Teaching Hospital but officials declined comments.
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In most of the hospitals visited, relatives of those who were killed in the blast were seen at the mortuary unit trying to identify their corpses.
President of Igbo Community Association, Chief Jonah Ezekwueme, with some Igbo leaders were also going round to identify Igbo victims of the blast.
Ezekwueme told our correspondent that so far, the association had identified 17 Igbo among the victims, adding that nine were injured and eight dead.
“We have been able to identify 17 Igbo people among the victims at Bingham University Teaching Hospital and Our Lady of Apostles Hospitals. We are on our way to JUTH to carry out further identification,” he said.
via nigerianeye
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