Rocket hit Islamic school in Jos

A rocket fired at a Muslim school in Jos, the Plateau State capital today killed a 10-year old boy
Salisu Mustapha - a military spokesman said the rocket had missed the main school building and the boy who was killed was walking on a road nearby and was not a pupil there.
“An Islamic school was the target of the attack,” said Pam Ayuba, the spokesman for the governor of Plateau State. Mr 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.
Witnesses described a man dressed in red firing what appeared to be a rocket launcher at the school in the Bukuru area of Jos.