Nigeria: Boko Haram Claims Responsibility for Blast At UN House in Abuja

Boko Haram radical sect has claimed responsibility for a car-bomb attack on UN headquarters in Abuja that killed at least 18 people.

A spokesman for the shadowy insurgent group Boko Haram, which means "Western education is sinful," made the claim in a phone interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC's) Hausa-language service.

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