Two powerful car bombs exploded in Nigeria's central city of Jos, killing at least 118 people and leaving streets strewn with bloodied bodies as the wounded scrambled to get help.  There are fears that the death toll could go even higher.

The first blast targeted a bustling bus terminal and marketplace, scattering people and body parts all over.  The second explosion came half an hour after the first, killing some of the rescue workers who had rushed to the scene, and leaving the area covered in bits of grain packed into the car, apparently to obscure the explosive contents.

President Goodluck Jonathan is condemning the attack as a “tragic assault on human freedom”.

There’s been no claim of responsibility, but the attacks are similar to those carried out there and in other cities by the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram, which also kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls last month.  The city of Jos is also centrally located on the unseen border that divides Nigeria’s Muslim north from the Christian south, and has had more than its share of religious violence and revenge attacks.