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Sunday 04 Oct 2015 - 14:02 Makkah mean time-21-12-1436
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Abuja (IINA) – A series of explosions on the outskirts of the Nigerian capital Abuja have killed at least 18 people, BBC reported citing officials.
The first two explosions struck Kuje township: one by a suicide bomber near a police station, the other a bomb at a market. Another bomb exploded at a bus stop in Nyanya.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks yet, but suspicion has fallen on Boko Haram militants, who targeted Nyanya last year.
The militants, who are fighting to carve out an Islamist state, has mostly focused their campaign on the north-east.
More than 40 people were injured in the blasts on Friday night, which security officials described as coordinated.
Explosive experts have been combing the scene for bomb fragments.
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari, who came to power vowing to eradicate Boko Haram, condemned the attack.
"My heart goes out to the families of the dead and injured in Abuja, and other parts of the country. Our will cannot be broken; evil will never triumph over good. We will be rid of this evil stalking our land," he tweeted.
Some 17,000 people are said to have been killed since Boko Haram began its insurgency in 2009.
This year, security forces have managed to reclaim most of the territory captured by Boko Haram fighters and freed a number of people who had been kidnapped by the extremist group, which has recently intensified its attacks.
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