Deadly blasts rock city in central Nigeria
updated 3:05 PM EDT, Tue May 20, 2014

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Police: Dozens killed in Nigeria market blasts
The blasts caused casualties, but it was not immediately clear how many.
A journalist on the scene
of the first explosion called it "massive." People were screaming and
running, some covered in blood. Some had to be carried away, the
journalist said.
An ambulance driver who
asked not to be identified said he saw at least 15 bodies and about 30
injured at one of the blast sites.
In a statement, President
Goodluck Jonathan condemned the bombings as a "tragic assault on human
freedom" and described those behind them as "cruel and evil."

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"President Jonathan
assures all Nigerians that government remains fully committed to winning
the war against terror, and this administration will not be cowed by
the atrocities of enemies of human progress and civilization," the
statement said, adding that Nigeria was committed to implementing
anti-terrorism measures and resolutions put forth at a recent summit in
Paris.
The first blast was a
bomb detonated at the Terminus market, where food and clothes are sold,
the journalists said. The second blast was at the same market and could
have been a bomb or gas canister ignited by the first bomb.
The third explosion was at Abuja market, which sells shoes, the journalists said.

When CNN tried to speak with a nurse at a local hospital by phone, she was unable to hear because of victims' cries and screams.
Late Sunday, a bomb in the northern Nigerian city of Kano killed at least four people, according to local police.
The blast occurred at a
busy intersection in a predominantly Christian area of the city and left
several cars burning, Kano police spokesman Rabilu Ringim said. It was
not immediately clear who was responsible for the attack, the spokesman
said.
Terrorism in Nigeria has
been in the spotlight recently since more than 200 schoolgirls were
kidnapped by the militant group Boko Haram.
The terror group
abducted 276 girls on April 14 from a boarding school in Chibok in
northeastern Nigeria. Dozens escaped, but more than 200 girls are still
missing.
In his statement
Tuesday, Jonathan reaffirmed his government's commitment to take "every
necessary measure" to find the girls and cooperate with other countries
in the region to combat the "Boko Haram menace."
The president also said
Nigeria was determined to ensure safety and security in schools in Borno
state and other parts of the country and to rebuild the school in
Chibok.
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