Bomb attack in Nigeria capital kills at least 16

[Bosonic]

Source: AFP

Abuja (AFP) - A bomb attack Thursday at a bus station on the outskirts of Nigeria's capital killed at least 16 people, an AFP journalist and a witness said.

An AFP correspondent at the Asokoro General Hospital in Abuja saw nine dead bodies which had been brought from scene of the attack, while a witness at the same hospital who requested anonymity confirmed that seven other corpses had arrived.

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[muriel_volestrangler]

1. Close to where 70 were killed by a bomb a couple of weeks ago

The explosion happened in the suburb of Nyanya, close to a motor park where at least 70 people died in a blast on 14 April.

Witnesses said it went off near a police checkpoint.
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Most of Boko Haram's attacks have been in the north-east of Nigeria.

But the bombing on 14 April, which it later claimed, raised fears that the militants could be trying to expand their area of operation.

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