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Nigeria bomb blast kills 72 in capital city Abuja
« on: April 15, 2014, 05:33:29 PM »
Nigeria bomb blast kills 72 in capital city Abuja
President Goodluck Jonathan blames Boko Haram, an Islamic extremist group that threatened attack
The Associated Press
Posted: Apr 14, 2014 5:46 AM ET Last Updated: Apr 14, 2014 8:32 PM ET


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.

Visiting the blast scene, President Goodluck Jonathan blamed Boko Haram, the homegrown terrorist network that has targeted schools, churches, mosques, villages and government facilities, killing thousands in its five-year campaign to make Nigeria an Islamic state.

Authorities said at least 72 people were killed and 164 wounded, though the death toll was sure to climb because it did not include victims whose bodies were dismembered, the health ministry said. It was the deadliest attack yet in Abuja, the centrally located capital that is hundreds of miles from Boko Haram's stronghold in Nigeria's northeast.

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