Bomb Kills 7 at United Nation Building in Nigeria

Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) -- At least 18 people were killed in a bombing at a U.N. building in the Nigerian capital of Abuja, a police spokesman said Friday. Police commissioner Michael Zuokumo told reporters eight people had been injured. Yushau Shuaib, a spokesman for Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency, said the attack had been a car bombing. The driver had passed through the first and second gates of the compound up to reception before detonating the explosives, Shuaib said.

A representative for the National Hospital said there was a shortage of blood to use in surgery. Hospital staff and relatives of the injured are currently going to the blood bank to donate. ...

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