Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Nigerian Dissent: Blasts kill 15 after presidential inauguration in Nigeria!

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SHEHU SAULAWA / BAUCHI, Nigeria— The Associated Press / Published 

A traditional ruler of Nagora of Zuba, Mohammadu Bello (C) looks at a crater made by a bomb blast at a market in Bauchi in northern Nigeria May 30, 2011. - A traditional ruler of Nagora of Zuba, Mohammadu Bello (C) looks at a crater made by a bomb blast at a market in Bauchi in northern Nigeria May 30, 2011. | REUTERS

Multiple blasts rocked Nigeria's restive Muslim north and a city near the capital following the inauguration of the country's southern Christian president, officials said Monday.
The most powerful of the blasts tore through a bar in a military barracks in the northern city of Bauchi on Sunday, killing 15 people just hours after the swearing-in ceremony, said an official who participated in the rescue efforts.


Bauchi state police chief Mohammed Indabawa said Sunday's blast in the city of Bauchi hit an outdoor bar at about 8 p.m., just hours after the inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan in Nigeria's capital of Abuja.
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