Bomb Exploded in Abuja, Killing 16 People

A car bomb killed at least 16 people and injured 60 others in the Nigerian capital of Abuja on Thursday, May 1, 2014, in a second terrorist attack in just two weeks. 

The BBC reported that the explosion happened in the religiously-mixed suburb of Nyanya, close to a bus station where at least 75 people died in a bomb blast on April 14, the deadliest attack Abuja has seen.

Witnesses said that the explosion targeted a police checkpoint, but no police have been reported killed. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Islamist militant group Boko Haram said that it was behind the fatal explosion on April 14.

Source : Tempo