Bombers rock Abuja; kills 30+ in second attack

Barely three weeks after a bomb blast killed
over 71 persons in Nyanya, a suburb of the
Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, another
explosion claimed about 30 lives on Thursday
evening.
The blast, which was believed to be a suicide
attack, occurred around 8:45pm when a
bomb-laden car exploded at the Karshi Taxi
Park, a few metres from where the April 14,
2014 explosion took place.
Eyewitnesses told The Punch that 25 bodies
were taken to the Maitama District Hospital,
Asokoro, four corpses were dropped at the
National Hospital while one body was taken to
an unidentified hospital in Nyanya.
Scores of injured people were also evacuated
by ambulances to different hospitals for
treatment.
But a statement co-signed by the Head, Public
Relations, NSCDC and NEMA Press Officer,
Emmanuel Ezekiel, said that 10 bodies had
been deposited in the mortuary while 13
unconscious persons were receiving treatment
in different hospitals.
It added that other injured victims were being
attended to by medical personnel, urging
members of the public to avoid hindering
rescue efforts.
"While security agencies have condoned off
the area of the explosion this evening in
Nyanya, Abuja, response agencies have moved
injured victims to hospitals and at least 10
lifeless bodies have been deposited in the
mortuary while 13 unconscious victims are
receiving medical attention in different
hospitals in Abuja. Other injured victims too
are being attended to.
"The public are urged to cooperate with
security agencies and avoid rushing to the
scene to guard against hampering the efforts
of the various agencies working together to
ensure public safety," the statement said.
Security sources said the perpetrators of the
blast might have planned to leave the
explosive-laden car at the motor park
overnight so that it could be detonated on
Friday (today) for maximum effect, but the
bomb accidentally went off, killing the driver
and other innocent people.
A Nyanya resident, who simply identified
himself as Lambert, said he was walking along
the road when he heard a loud blast which
shook the area and sent everyone scurrying in
different directions.
He said, "I went to the park, but the scene
was alight with burning vehicles and there
were corpses of people on the ground as well
as dismembered bodies; there were body
parts on the ground including hands, and
heads. It was a gory sight and I had to leave
the scene."
Meanwhile, NEMA has called on FCT residents
to donate blood to assist victims of the blast.
God pls save us in Nigeria.
Source: punchng