[ 2012-06-23 ]

Explosion outside nightclub in Nigerian capital
ABUJA (AFP) - An explosion went off outside a
nightclub in the Nigerian capital Abuja, breaking
windows and damaging cars, but no casualties were
reported, the country's emergency agency said on
Saturday.

"No human casualty," Yushau Shuaib, spokesman for
the National Emergency Management Agency, said of
the blast late Friday. "The explosives were
suspected to have been planted on a tree opposite
Kryxtal Lounge."

An AFP reporter who visited the scene saw a
damaged tree and broken windows at the nightclub,
a barber shop and a nearby bank.

Nigeria has been hit by scores of bombings blamed
on Islamist group Boko Haram, including some in
and around Abuja.

A suicide bomb attack on UN headquarters in Abuja
in August killed at least 25 people, while another
at the Abuja office of one of the country's most
prominent newspapers left at least four dead.

On Friday, President Goodluck Jonathan fired his
national security adviser and defence minister as
fears mounted over spiralling unrest in the
country's north, where Boko Haram's insurgency has
been based.

Source - AFP

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