ABUJA - At least 11 people were killed in an explosion this morning in a very busy market located inside a barracks in the Nigerian capital Abuja. Have made it known witnesses and security sources said. The explosion took place at the barracks Sani Abasha Mammy market, an area always crowded with people who go there to shop and eat."Eleven are confirmed dead," said a security source. A witness said he was approaching the area to participate in the celebrations for the New Year when he heard the explosion. "People - Eric said - running away from all sides. There were several bodies of dead and wounded. The army has used the truck to take them away." On December 24 at least 32 people were killed in a bomb blast in a village near Jos, the so-called Middle Belt, a region already the scene of serious clashes between Christians and Muslims in the south of the north.
In the subsequent violence between the two communities more than 80 people have died. According to investigators the attack in Abuja is "the same type than that of Jos, claimed by Islamic extremists.
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