Nigeria Bus Station Blast Kills Scores

[theworldismine13]

Nigeria Bus Station Blast Kills Scores
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/15/world/africa/nigeria.html

An explosion caused by a suspected car bomb tore through a crowded bus station in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, on Monday during the morning rush hour, and the police said at least 71 people were killed and 124 wounded in one of the most lethal attacks to strike the country.
President Goodluck Jonathan, who visited the blast scene, blamed Boko Haram, the homegrown Islamist extremist group that has been attacking schools, government sites and civilians for years.

The police said that the explosion ripped through 16 luxury coaches and 24 minibuses, and that the initial blast spurred further explosions when vehicle tanks caught on fire. They said they suspected that a bomb had been planted in a Volkswagen Golf that was driven into the station and then detonated.

Witnesses said they saw bodies mangled beyond recognition, charred vehicles and strewn body parts that were being collected by emergency workers.

The blast occurred at 6:30 a.m., not far from the city center in a poor, working-class area. Local residents said the bus station was only about a 15-minute drive from Mr. Jonathan’s office and residence, giving the attack a particularly frightening resonance.

Mr. Jonathan appeared close to tears over the victims as he toured the site after the blast. “Let us first express our collective condolence to the family of those who lost their lives,” he said.

While the president blamed Boko Haram, a police spokesman, Frank Mba, said that no one had claimed immediate responsibility for the explosion, and that an investigation was underway. He said emergency workers were still collecting casualty figures.

“So far, we have a total of 71 persons dead and 124 others injured, and they are all receiving treatments at various hospitals,” he said.

Susan Eual, an assistant librarian at the MacArthur Foundation in Abuja, said by phone that the capital was on edge as scenes from the blast were shown on television. “There are dead bodies scattered everywhere, and vehicles are on fire,” she said. “Everybody is afraid and staying at home.”

She said that Boko Haram, which is active in the northeast of the country, had not struck often in the capital, since security was relatively tight compared with elsewhere in the country.

But the capital has been struck by militant attacks in the past. At least 12 people were killed by car bombs at an Independence Day ceremony in Abuja in 2010. The bombs exploded near where the president and other politicians and diplomats were celebrating the country’s independence from Britain in 1960. A Nigerian group linked to discontent over poverty in the country’s oil-producing region claimed responsibility.

Less than a year later, a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle packed with explosives outside the United Nations headquarters in Abuja, destroying several floors in a thunderous blast that left more than 20 people dead. Boko Haram was widely blamed for the blast, stunning the world and adding an international dimension to a conflict that previously had been viewed as a domestic one.

 

[chkmeout]

just go ahead and do it Obama...

 

[Grams]

These Boko Haram nikkas...

 

[Kings County]

this is why i dont go to places with a congested amount of people nikkas is crazy

 

[Mr. Somebody]

this is why i dont go to places with a congested amount of people nikkas is crazy

So you're basically shook yes, friend?[DOUBLEPOST=1397493688][/DOUBLEPOST]71 people killed, wow, thats alot. Can the nigerian government not handle the Boko Haram region?

 

[Kritic]

just go ahead and do it Obama...

it takes years for "barack" to come in. ukraine and syria took years and a lot longer and more money.. right now they using these muslim extremists to fool niccas..

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

These Boko Haram nikkas...

Yeah...its about time to drop that hammer.

AFRICOM needs to get on this.[DOUBLEPOST=1397496259][/DOUBLEPOST]

So you're basically shook yes, friend?[DOUBLEPOST=1397493688][/DOUBLEPOST]71 people killed, wow, thats alot. Can the nigerian government not handle the Boko Haram region?

dawg, when I read there was a 4 foot hole in the ground AND 70 people died, thats a MASSIVE bomb.

 

[Mr. Somebody]

Yeah...its about time to drop that hammer.

AFRICOM needs to get on this.[DOUBLEPOST=1397496259][/DOUBLEPOST]
dawg, when I read there was a 4 foot hole in the ground AND 70 people died, thats a MASSIVE bomb.

Thats what im saying, friend. When i read the number 71 i expected the word injured to follow but it said dead which is when i realized someone was not playing.

Nigeria is going to have to prepare for war eventually with these individuals or make some kind of concession if they arent about that action, friend.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Thats what im saying, friend. When i read the number 71 i expected the word injured to follow but it said dead which is when i realized someone was not playing.

Nigeria is going to have to prepare for war eventually with these individuals or make some kind of concession if they arent about that action, friend.

Yeah...the number injured is usually more. I was listening to the AP Radio Podcast update and I hearn 71 and my fukking jaw dropped. I usually dont trip on acts of violence but thats A LOT for a single bomb. Thats FBI involvement type of shyt.

 

[RadaMillz]

Just like Kenya, Nigeria is also using terrorism for political gains.

In Kenya, the president Kenyatta is well known war criminal wanted by the international community, lately he has been throwing grenade attacks
on buses and blaming it on poor Somalis and harassing them for multiple reasons.

^People being rounded up, kids, babies, women etc and thrown in cages.

1) He wants the world to see his fighting "terrorism" (look at the pic above)
2) get the public mad through propaganda and unite feuding "kenyan" tribes by creating fear
3) more support for his party and $$$ from the West


It's all a game being played.

 

[Sinnerman]

too many people are dying

fukk sakes

 

[Scientific Playa]

circa 2011

Nigeria: Targeted for Destruction | Veterans Today
2011 November 14 | Veterans Todaynigeria-targeted-for-destruction/‎
Nov 14, 2011 - Key Nigerians ripe for bribery are making this possible. They are aware they are bringing about the destruction of their own nation, they simply ...

 

[Chris.B]

watch the Muslim apologists come in here and

 

[88m3]

these people need to be killed; no prison, no amnesty, killed.

 

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

Just like Kenya, Nigeria is also using terrorism for political gains.

In Kenya, the president Kenyatta is well known war criminal wanted by the international community, lately he has been throwing grenade attacks
on buses and blaming it on poor Somalis and harassing them for multiple reasons.

^People being rounded up, kids, babies, women etc and thrown in cages.

1) He wants the world to see his fighting "terrorism" (look at the pic above)
2) get the public mad through propaganda and unite feuding "kenyan" tribes by creating fear
3) more support for his party and $$$ from the West


It's all a game being played.

You fool. How can Goodluck Jonathan benefit from terrorist attacks prior to the Federal election next year? All they do is show how weak is leadership is to the Nigerian people. Read Nigerian newspapers, forums and blogs. The more attacks that occur, the less certain his re-election will be. In fact, they benefit the former Muslim dictators of Nigeria more...