An explosion has
occurred at a major shopping mall, Emab Plaza, in Wuse 2, Abuja.
The Nigeria Police Force Public Relations Officer,
Frank Mba said one suspect has been
arrested and investigations have already started. The bomb is said to have gone
off in a car as it passed through the gate of the mall around 4 this afternoon.
The fire that followed the explosion is said to have engulfed most of the cars
parked around the mall. Emab Plaza
is a busy shopping mall in the highbrow area of Nigeria’s capital city, on
Aminu Kano Crescent.
He also confirmed
that 21 people died and 17 people were
seriously injured and have been taken to Maitama District Hospital,
Gwarimpa hospital, Wuse hospital, Garki hospital and National hospital. This s is the third deadly
explosion in the Nigerian capital in two months. The extremist Boko Haram sect
claimed responsibility for the two explosions in April and May in Nyanya, a
suburb of the capital.
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