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04-14-2014, 10:22 PM
Dozens in Nigeria Killed After Explosion Rips Through Crowded Bus Station
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More than 70 people were killed and 124 were wounded on Monday when an explosion tore through a crowded bus station near Nigeria's capital city of Abuja.
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Hundreds of commuters had gathered at the Nyanya Motor Park during the morning rush hour, about 10 miles from the center of Abuja, when the blast went off.
Breaking news : just heard a loud blast which is confirmed to be a bomb blast at Nyanya in Abuja
— PH3MMIE (@PH3MMIE) April 14, 2014 (https://twitter.com/PH3MMIE/statuses/455586064615636992)
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Eyewitnesses told BBC News there were dead bodies scattered around the area (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27018751). Others said they saw rescue workers gathering body parts (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27018751). "I was waiting to get on a bus when I heard a deafening explosion then *****," one eyewitness told Reuters. "People were running around in panic." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/14/nigeria-bus-station-explosion/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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More than 70 people were killed and 124 were wounded on Monday when an explosion tore through a crowded bus station near Nigeria's capital city of Abuja.
See also: The African Version of Amazon Will Emerge From Nigeria (http://mashable.com/2014/03/18/nigeria-ecommerce-drones/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Hundreds of commuters had gathered at the Nyanya Motor Park during the morning rush hour, about 10 miles from the center of Abuja, when the blast went off.
Breaking news : just heard a loud blast which is confirmed to be a bomb blast at Nyanya in Abuja
— PH3MMIE (@PH3MMIE) April 14, 2014 (https://twitter.com/PH3MMIE/statuses/455586064615636992)
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Eyewitnesses told BBC News there were dead bodies scattered around the area (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27018751). Others said they saw rescue workers gathering body parts (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27018751). "I was waiting to get on a bus when I heard a deafening explosion then *****," one eyewitness told Reuters. "People were running around in panic." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/14/nigeria-bus-station-explosion/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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