Three bomb blasts rock Nigerian city, casualties feared

[News_Editor]

Three bomb blasts rock Nigerian city, casualties feared

2011-04-25 14:26:27 GMT+7 (ICT)

MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA (BNO NEWS) -- An unknown number of people are feared to have been killed after three bombs exploded at two locations in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Sunday, local media reported on Monday.

The Daily Trust newspaper reported on Monday morning that the explosions happened at around 8.30 p.m. local time on Sunday evening, targeting the Tudu Palace Hotel and a popular transport hub known as 'Tashar Kano'.

Smoke could be seen rising from the scene on Sunday evening, but few details were immediately available. "Nobody can tell how many people died and how many were injured in the blasts because the hotel is a beehive of activities," a witness told the Daily Trust.

It was not immediately known who or which group was behind the co-ordinated attack.

Maiduguri is the capital and largest city of Borno State in northeastern Nigeria. It sits along the seasonal Ngadda River and has a population of more than 1 million.

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[Derifo]

The colonial master created this mess called Nigeria.

It's now over to them to try to undo what they created.

[Steely Dan]

The colonial master created this mess called Nigeria.

It's now over to them to try to undo what they created.

Largely true regarding who created the mess. As with Sudan we have an oil rich predominantly Christian south and a Muslim north who are unhappy with the election result - though seeing as the winner won by 10 million clear and outside observers declared this election reasonably fair I think this is just sour grapes.

Splitting the Country along religious grounds may be inevitable in the end with yet another fault line in Henderson's clash of civilisations coming into play.

The west should stay out of this one if possible unless it degenerates into another Sudan.