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| Nigeria: Abuja shopping centre hit by blast | |
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| An explosion has hit a busy shopping centre in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, and there are reports of casualties. | |
| The blast hit the capital's Wuse district, reports said. | |
| It is not yet clear what was behind the explosion. Emergency services are attending the scene. | |
| Nigeria, including the capital, has experienced several bomb attacks in recent months. Many places have been targeted by the radical Islamist group Boko Haram. | |
| Manzo Ezekiel, spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency, told AFP news agency: "You can see smoke billowing from the sky. It's a very crowded place." | |
| One witness said the blast shattered shop windows, and that people could be seen running out of the shopping centre with blood on their clothes. | |
| Boko Haram has staged previous attacks in Abuja, but most of its targets have been in the north-east of the country. | |
| In April, more than 70 people were killed in a bomb blast at a bus stop on the outskirts of the capital in an attack claimed by Boko Haram. | |
| In May, a car bomb near a bus station in the suburbs killed at least 19 people and injured 60 others. | |
| The group has hit Abuja several times before, including an attack on the United Nations national headquarters in 2011. |