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Wuse bombing
Part of the Boko Haram insurgency
LocationAbuja, Federal Capital Territory
Date25 June 2014
TargetEmab plaza
Attack type
Bombing
Deaths21
Injured17
PerpetratorsBoko Haram

The Wuse bombing was a terrorist attack on the Emab plaza in Wuse, a district of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Nigeria.[1]

Incident

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The incident was reported to have occurred on 25 June 2014.[2][3] The attack was launched by members of Boko Haram, an Islamic sect in northeastern Nigeria.[4] Explosives were used in the attack, leaving 21 people dead[5] and 17 seriously injured.[6] The twin car bombing incident was said to have occurred around 4pm at a shopping mall.[7] According to the police report, about 40 vehicles were destroyed by this incident.[8]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "21 killed, 17 injured as explosion rocks Wuse, Abuja". The Sun. Lagos, Nigeria. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Embassy Statement on Wuse II Bomb Blast (June 26, 2014)". U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Nigeria. 25 June 2014. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Nigeria:Abuja blast in wuse District". ogadennews.com. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Abuja Bomb Blast". BBC News. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "21 Die in Twin Car Bombs Near Nigeria Shopping Mall". NBC News. 25 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Bomb blast hits banex plaza Wuse II, Abuja". Daily Post. Lagos, Nigeria. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  7. ↑ Abuja, Associated Press in (25 June 2014). "Deadly blast hits shopping mall in Nigerian capital Abuja". The Guardian.
  8. ↑ Aminu Abubakr and Jessica King (25 June 2014). "Blast kills 21 at plaza in Nigerian capital". CNN.

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