29/08/2011 11:09
Terror strike in Nigerian capital at U.N. building
The UN today said it had no advance warning on the terror strike on its headquarters in the Nigerian capital as the toll in the deadly attack rose to at least 23, dnaindia.com reports.
President Goodluck Jonathan stepped through shattered glass and past dried pools of blood at the damaged building as U.N. employees salvaged printers, computers and all they could carry to keep the mission running, the Associated Press informs.
The National Hospital in Abuja alone treated 75 injured people from the bomb blast Friday, said Obasi Ekumankama, the hospital's director of clinical services, the source reports.