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尼日利亚首都遭炸弹袭击 21人死亡 A bomb attack on a busy shopping district in Nigerias capital, Abuja, has killed at least 21 people and injured 52 more. 尼日利亚首都阿布贾一处热闹的商业区发生炸弹袭击事故，造成至少21人死亡、52人受伤。 ? The blast, near the popular Banex plaza shopping complex in Wuse district, could be heard from miles away and sent plumes of smoke into the air. ? Police say a suspect has been arrested. No group has claimed responsibility.? ? Islamist militant group Boko Haram has bombed targets in Abuja and across northern Nigeria recently. Covered in blood ? Chiamaka Oham, who was near the site of the blast, told the BBC: We heard a really loud noise and the building shook, and people started screaming and running out. ? We saw the smoke and people covered in blood. It was just chaos. ? The area was packed with shoppers at the time of the blast, the BBCs Hausa service editor Mansur Liman reports. ? Many cars outside the shopping complex were burnt out and many windows were shattered, he adds.? ? One man told the BBC his driver was killed in the blast: I was in the complex when I saw that the ground was shaking. I saw my driver dead and a lot of casualties.? ? Government spokesman Mike Omeri confirmed that the blast was the result of a bomb attack. 1