You may have heard. A bomb went off in the U.N. building here in the Nigerian capital of Abuja on Friday 26 August at 10:20 in the morning. The building houses around 400 employees, and currently there are around 18 dead and at least 50 were injured.
We deplore the victims of this bombing, and our hearts go out the injured and the families of the victims.
The emergency services and hospitals of Abuja have responded very well to the situation. Our organization has donated some medical supplies and the time of a couple of nurses, but the Nigerian health system could easily manage without our assistance.
The U.N building is in the central area of Abuja. To reassure you, the MSF-France office and house are outside of this area, and none of our staff were affected by the incident.
The group claiming to be responsible for this suicide bombing, Boko Haram, has been active in Nigeria for a couple of years now. But up until this moment the group, which is demanding Sharia law in the north of the country, has targeted mainly military / police / drinking establishments. This is the first time they have attacked an international target. We are reviewing our security rules accordingly.
Again, my sincere condolences to the families of the victims of this tragedy.
1 comment:
sorry to hear the news... but good to know you guys are safe. hope these terrorists realize what they are doing to the people and to the causes they are believing.
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