Seven Die In Explosions During Nigeria Celebrations

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: RFE/RL

Multiple explosions have killed at least seven people in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, as a ceremony was being held to mark the country's 50th anniversary of independence.

Several others have been injured, and some reports suggested the death toll might be higher.

The blasts came after the country's main militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), threatened to bomb the ceremony.

Some agencies quoted police as saying an explosion came from a vehicle but could not yet determine whether it was a car bomb or an accident.


Read more: http://www.rferl.org/content/Dead_Explosion_Nigeria_Celebrations/2173790.html

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

1. Tragic, I heard it on the BBC this morning.

[slackmaster]

2. "We had to blow people up in order to emancipate them"

:crazy: