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    Posted August 26, 2011 by
    Sigho
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    Abuja, Nigeria
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    Blast hits U.N. embassy in Nigeria

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    UN Office Bombing in Abuja,Nigeria.

    By Sigho  |  Posted August 26, 2011  |  Abuja, Nigeria
     

    CNN PRODUCER NOTE     Sigho shot these pictures today of the aftermath of the U.N. embassy bombing in Abujah, Nigeria. 'The environment was so tense, people were scared of what might happen next,' he said. 'The people I met there confirmed that the prompt arrival of emergency workers helped in reducing the death toll. At the time I got there people were still trapped in the building. The windows of some buildings were all shattered.'
    - jmsaba, CNN iReport producer

    The UN Office in Abuja, was rocked with a bomb blast in the early hours of Friday. Not less than 10 people was  confirmed dead, several others wounded and others are trapped in the building at the the time i got there.

    According to a staff of the UN,the bomber was said to have driven into the premises through the exit gate where he detonated the bomb.

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