Blast At Bus Station In Nigerian Capital Kills 72

Publisher:
Wochit
Publication Date:
14 April 2014
Tags:
Nigeria, Conflict, Peace and Security

Suspected Islamic militants struck in the heart of Nigeria on Monday with a massive rush-hour bomb blast at a bus station that killed at least 72 people and wounded 164 in the deadliest attack ever on the nation's capital. Survivors screamed in anguish and the stench of burning fuel and flesh hung over the area, where billows of black smoke rose as firefighters worked to put out the fires. Rescue workers and police gathered body parts as ambulances rushed the wounded to hospitals.

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