'We believe there are many casualties,' says a UN official
(AP) - A car laden with explosives rammed through two gates and blew up at the United Nations' offices in Nigeria's capital today, killing at least seven people and shattering part of the concrete structure. The brazen attack, carried out as the UN offices teemed with staff, comes as Africa's most populous nation faces the growing threat of both homegrown and international terrorism. Militants from the country's oil-rich Niger Delta, as well as a radical Muslim sect from northeast Nigeria, have carried out attacks in the country's capital, though never on a foreign target. No one immediately claimed responsibility for today's attack. More»
