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Story highlights 52 others injured, police say Authorities step up security, surveillance around Abuja
after blastThe explosion happened around 4 p.m. at Emab Plaza in Abuja's Wuse II business
districtAn explosion Wednesday afternoon rocked a parking lot at a crowded plaza in Nigeria's
capital, killing 21 people and injuring 52 others, authorities said.
The blast happened about 4 p.m. in Abuja's "ever-busy Emab Plaza ... at the peak of business," said
Ezekiel Manzo, spokesman for Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency.
About 40 vehicles were destroyed, in addition to the human toll, he said. In a news release posted
online, the Nigerian national police force said the injured were being treated at five hospitals.
It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the attack.
Ibrahim Abdullahi told CNN he was in a nearby office when he heard a "loud and terrifying sound."
"When I looked from the window of my office, I saw thick, black smoke envelope the sky," Abdullahi
said. "I could see the raging fire from the blast."
Olumide Sanya said the blast shook the nearby building that he was in. "Windows, doors were
shattered."