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Africa Subsaharan
16 killed in bombing on UN building in Nigeria
2011-08-26
The Nigerian Red Thingy says at least 16 people are dead after a car kaboom on the United Nations'
...where theory meets practice and practice loses...
offices in Nigeria's capital of Abuja.

Umar Mairiga, the head of the organization's disaster management department, said that at least 11 others were maimed.

Mairiga said he believes the casualty figure will be greater than that.

Witnesses told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named that a sedan broke through the exit at the U.N. compound, ramming through two separate gates as guards tried to stop the vehicle. Witnesses said the jacket wallah inside crashed the car into the main reception of the building before detonating, inflicting the most damage possible.
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