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| Nigeria violence: Blasts rock Abuja bus station | |
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| Two blasts have rocked a crowded bus station on the outskirts of Nigeria's capital, Abuja, and there are said to be many casualties, according to reports quoting witnesses. | |
| The BBC's Haruna Tangaza says the blast happened as commuters were about to board buses and taxis to go to work in central Abuja. | The BBC's Haruna Tangaza says the blast happened as commuters were about to board buses and taxis to go to work in central Abuja. |
| Reuters quoted witnesses as saying two buses full of people were struck. | Reuters quoted witnesses as saying two buses full of people were struck. |
| Eyewitness Badamsi Nyanya told the BBC he had seen 40 bodies being evacuated. | Eyewitness Badamsi Nyanya told the BBC he had seen 40 bodies being evacuated. |
| "This morning there was an explosion at the Nyanya Motor Park," Manzo Ezekiel of the National Emergency Management Agency said. | |
| Rescue teams are on the ground, he added. | |
| Eyewitness Mimi Daniels, who works in Abuja, said: "I was waiting to get on a bus when I heard a deafening explosion then smoke," she told Reuters. | |
| "People were running around in panic." | |
| Are you in the area? Did you see what happened? You can send us your eye witness accounts by email to Haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk using the subject Nigeria bus station. |