In the Nigerian capital Abuja,
Nigeria, United Nations Office Building 26 in the morning was a suicide car
bomb attack, the explosion so far killed at least 10 people have been killed,
injured, there are still many people trapped in the UN building to wait for
rescue .
According to witnesses, the same morning, a Honda Accord car regardless of
blocking, forced entry into the UN office in Nigeria, the wall the door, rushed
to the office building, a huge explosion occurred. Xinhua News Agency reporters
Cong Yi and Yuan Fangmian informed that an explosion has killed at least 10
people were killed and many injured.
According to foreign news agencies quoted officials as saying the Nigerian
police, the explosion has killed 18 people, eight people were injured. The
attackers were killed. The United Nations is not clear how many people were
trapped inside the building, the rescue work continues.
Local TV footage showed the United Nations office building severely damaged the
first floor and second floor windows almost all the grinding, a large area
inside the building was bombed to rubble. A hectic scene, rescue workers are
trying to rescue trapped workers from the floor in, full of cries. Some were
carried away from the building's head dye blood, look weak and tired.
Nigeria had the local television station reported that about 300 staff members
were trapped in the UN building.
• Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said in a statement, strongly condemned
the "brutal, senseless, cowardly style" attacks. He reiterated the
Nigerian government resolutely combat all forms of terrorist acts committed,
saying the authorities will spare no effort to find the perpetrators and bring
them to justice.
There is no claim to any individual or organization that created the incident. But
analysts believe that manufacturing in Nigeria in recent months a number of
bombings of Islamic religious extremist organization "Brocade Holy
Land" may be behind the killer.
"Brocade Holy Land" organization established in 2004, the Nigerian
government began its crackdown in 2009. In June, a "Brocade Holy
Land" suicide bomber attacked police headquarters in Abuja, killing at
least two deaths. The evening of August 25, northeastern Adamawa state in
Nigeria two banks and two police stations were attacked suspected militants of
the organization, killing at least 20 people were killed.
