JOS, Nigeria, Muharram 22, Dec 28, 2010, SPA -- At least 80 people were killed in bombings and sectarian clashes in central Nigeria, officials say. The police said on Saturday 32 people were killed in the bomb attacks but with more than 100 wounded in hospital the death count was expected to rise. "We have recovered 80 dead bodies so far in Jos," Daniel Gambo, an official at the Nigerian emergency management agency said late on Monday. The chief of defence staff said two suspects were arrested in Jos, the capital of Plateau state, in possession of dynamite and dangerous weapons on Monday, according to a report of the Associated Press. Armed police continued to patrol the streets in Jos and surrounding areas on Tuesday to deter further unrest. A series of explosions on Friday led to religious violence which flares up sporadically in the central "Middle Belt" of Africa's most populous nation. --SPA 13:57 LOCAL TIME 10:57 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/850222