尼日利亚首都阿布贾的联合国大楼发生炸弹爆炸,造成至少10人死亡。
目击者说,他们看到一辆车强行冲过联合国机构大院的保安设施,在到达这个四层高的大楼时爆炸。
联合国已经证实是一枚炸弹引起了这次爆炸。爆炸发生在当地时间星期五上午11点左右。
目击者说,救援人员争分夺秒的从大院的瓦砾堆中拉出死者的遗体和生还者。
有报导说,大楼里有400名工作人员。大楼位于其他几个外交机构的办公室附近,其中包括美国大使馆。
目前还没有人声称对爆炸负责。
A bomb blast at the United Nations building in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, has killed at least 16 people.
Witnesses report seeing a vehicle force its way past security and explode once it reached the four-story building on Friday morning.
Rescuers raced to pull bodies and survivors from the rubble at the compound.
Speaking from New York, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon predicted the casualty toll will be “considerable,” but added he did not yet have an exact number.
Mr. Ban called the attack a “terrible act” against people who devote their lives to helping others. He said the U.N. compound houses 26 humanitarian and development agencies. An estimated 400 people work at the complex.
The secretary-general said a U.N. team led by Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro will travel to Abuja to assess the situation.
He declined to speculate on a motive for the attack, and there was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Police have blamed a string of bombings in the country on the radical Islamic sect Boko Haram. The group has called for sharia, a form of strict Islamic law it would like applied more widely and strictly across Nigeria.