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| Nigeria: Abuja blast in Wuse district kills 21 |
| 2014-06-25 |
| An explosion has struck a busy shopping district in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, killing at least 21 people. The explosion was in the capital's Wuse district, near the popular Banex plaza shopping complex, and could be heard from miles away. It is not yet clear what was behind the explosion, however police say they are securing a "crime scene". "We saw the smoke and people covered in blood. It was just chaos." Eyewitnesses at the scene described seeing body parts scattered across the area. The area was packed with shoppers at the time of the blast, the BBC's Hausa service editor Mansur Liman reports. Many cars outside the shopping complex were burnt out and many windows were shattered, he adds. One man told the BBC his driver was killed in the blast: "I was in the complex when I saw that the ground was shaking. I saw my driver dead and a lot of casualties." Manzo Ezekiel, spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency, told AFP news agency: "You can see smoke billowing from the sky. It's a very crowded place." Police spokesman Frank Mba said he could not provide details of the nature or extent of the damage. |
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