Blast at UN building in Nigeria, high casualties
August 26, 2011 16:17
News flash: The bbc.co.uk reports that there has been an explosion at the United Nations building in the Nigerian capital, Abuja. The UN said it was a bomb. Unconfirmed reports speak of a number of casualties in the incident.
A police helicopter is circling the building and smoke is billowing out, reports said. Abuja was the scene of a car bombing at police headquarters in June, blamed on Islamist sect Boko Haram.