(Reuters) — At least 71 people were killed and 124 injured in an explosion which rocked Nyanyan Motor Park in the outskirts of Abuja, capital of the Nigeria early Monday morning, according to local authorities. Eyewitnesses said that a suicide bomber drove a red station wagon into Nyanyan Motor Park and detonated a bomb which hit luxury buses and other vehicles. Many residents living in the outskirts of Abuja usually take small buses or motorcycles to neighboring bus terminals, such […]
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Bus Station Blast Near Nigerian Capital Kills At Least 35
(Reuters) — A bomb explosion at a crowded bus station on the outskirts of Abuja killed at least 35 people during rush hour on Monday (April 14) morning, witnesses said, the first such attack near the Nigerian capital in two years. Body parts and blood were strewn across the station and an unruly crowd of several hundred onlookers was roaming around with security forces unable to keep them away. “This morning, some set of individuals they’re trying […]





