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Nigeria: At least 18 dead in 'suicide blast'
* From: AFP
* August 26, 2011 11:33PM
A SUICIDE blast that rocked the UN building in the Nigerian
capital Abuja today has killed at least 18 people and wounded
eight others, a police commissioner said as rescue operations
continued.
"So far, we have 18 dead and eight injured," local police
commissioner Mike Zuokumor told journalists.
"It was a Honda Accord car. The suicide bomber died immediately as
the bomb cut him into three. I cannot say how many people are
still in the building. The rescue operation is still on."