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Car bombs kill 8, mar Nigeria 50th ceremony

OCTOBER 1, 2010 19:43

ABUJA, Nigeria — Two car bombs exploded Friday as Nigeria celebrated its 50th independence anniversary, killing at least eight people in an unprecedented attack on the nation's capital by militants from the oil-rich southern delta region.

The attacks claimed by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta came as the President Goodluck Jonathan and other dignitaries sat only a 10-minute walk away.

The bombings raise new questions about political stability and security in Africa's most populous nation as it approaches a critical presidential election and remains one of the world's top crude oil suppliers.

The militant group issued a warning to journalists about an hour before the attacks, telling people to stay away from festivities at Eagle Square in the nation's capital of Abuja. It blamed Nigeria's government for doing nothing to end the unceasing poverty in the delta as the nation receives billions of dollars from oil revenue.

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