Bomb Blast In UN building, Abuja

Bomb blast in Abuja again.

An explosion, this morning,Friday, rocked the United Nations building in Abuja. Unconfirmed reports say an unspecified number of people are feared dead.

“There has been an explosion at the UN office,” police spokesman Yemi Ajayi told AFP.

What sort of thing is this, this is not religion bomb blast in Abuja, it is political bomb blast.
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Update : The Nigerian Islamist group known as Boko Haram has said it was behind the suicide car bombing at the UN offices in the capital Abuja that killed at least 18 people and injured more than 60.

A man claiming to be a spokesman for the group called a French news agency journalist and told him the attack was "carefully scripted".

The man, who identified himself as Abu Darda, said: "Though the wisdom of Allah, we have launched the attack with absolute precision.

"The attack was carefully scripted and executed. We have said it several times that the UN is one of our prime targets."

The caller added: "More attacks are on the way, and by the will of Allah we will have unfettered access to wherever we want to attack.

"We have more than 100 men who are willing to lay down their lives for the cause of Allah."

Bomb blast in Abuja, Nigeria

Emergency crews at the scene of the blast

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon condemned the attack and warned the casualty figures were "likely to be considerable".

He revealed 26 different UN agencies operated in the building, with around 400 staff.

"This was an assault on those who devoted their lives to helping others," he said.

Foreign Secretary William Hague added: "Around the world the UN works for peace, security and international cooperation and an attack on the UN is an attack on these principles."

US President Barack Obama has denounced the attack as "horrific and cowardly".

Bomb blast in Abuja, Nigeria

The walls on one side of the building were blown away

Witnesses said a car rammed through two sets of gates protecting the compound and drove towards the main building where it crashed into the reception area and blew up.

An entire wing of the building was reportedly destroyed.

UN worker Ocilake Michael said: "We just saw the blast coming from the building. All the people in the basement were killed. Their bodies are littered all over the place."

A worker for Unicef, Michael Ofilaje, added: "The blast came from the basement and shook the building.

"I saw scattered bodies... many people are dead."

A damaged U.N. vehicle after a bomb blast at the United Nations offices in the Nigerian capital of Abuja

One of the many vehicles damaged in the attack

The attack was carried out just before 11am local time, in a part of the capital that is also home to the US embassy and other diplomatic buildings.

Boko Haram, whose name translates as ‘western education is sinful', has carried out a series of bombings and assassinations in northern Nigeria in the last year.

In June the group bombed Nigeria's federal police headquarters, killing two people.

It also claimed responsibility for a failed car bomb attack in Borno State last week.

A UN worker, who would only identify himself as Bodunrin, was reported as saying: "This is getting out of hand. If they can get into the UN House, they can reach anywhere."

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has pledged to work with neighbouring Niger to tackle Islamic extremism in the region.

Bomb Blast In UN Office, Abuja.

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