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Blast targets military barracks in Nigeria
On Tuesday, two blasts rocked the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna, including one targeting a military barracks. The number of casualties was not immediately clear. Musa Ilallah, an official with the National Emergency Management Agency, said "There were two separate blasts," with one near a bridge and the other "inside the 1st Mechanised Division of the Nigerian army." He said rescue officials had been deployed but were being refused access to the area by soldiers. Ilallah stated, "From all indications, they gate-crashed into the military barracks." He added that there was talk of a suicide bomber, but that there was no official confirmation. Residents said windows at an office complex at the military barracks were shattered. The area had been cordoned off, but the office complex could be seen. One resident said, "Virtually all the glass has been shattered. I saw soldiers with glass cuts on their bodies being taken out, but it's difficult to say if there were any (more serious) casualties." Posted by: ryuge 2012-02-07 |
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