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VOL. 25: NO. 62174
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THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2014
21 killed in fresh Abuja explosion •17 injured; suspect carrying more explosives shot
BY OKEY NDIRIBE, BEN AGANDE, UMORU HENRY, JOSEPH ERUNKE, LEVINUS NWABUGHIOGU, CHRIS OCHAYI & CALEB AYANSINA
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BUJA—A THIRD deadly explosion in the Federal capital territory, Abuja in two months, yesterday, exploded at a shopping mall, EMAB Plaza, adjacent BANEX Plaza, Aminu Kano Crescent, Wuse II, at 3. 50 pm. It killed no fewer than 21 persons and injured 17 others. The extremist Boko Haram sect claimed responsibility for the two explosions in April and May in Nyanya, a suburb of the capital.
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COLUMNISTS:
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