Bombing the UN headquarters, 18 people died

At least 18 people died in a suicide car bombing at UN headquarters in Nigeria's capital Abuja yesterday.

Powerful blast destroyed the lower floors of the building, dozens injured, including some in critical condition.

A spokesman for the Muslim organization Boko Haram told BBC by phone that they made ​​a bloody attack on. Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) Ban Ki-moon said that the bombing was "the attack on those who had devoted his life to helping others."

Location bombings at UN headquarters in Nigeria. (Photo: BBC)

Speaking before the notice of the organization Boko Haram, President Goodluck Jonathan Nigeria reaffirmed his government's commitment to a comprehensive anti-terrorism and added that the government will make every effort to bring the perpetrators to justice.

In the morning attack, a witness recounted, the vehicle containing the bomb had crashed through two security barriers and crashed into the reception area of ​​the building before exploding. Officials say the flooding nearby hospital injured and to call for blood donors.

The victim was rushed to emergency. (Photo: Reuters)

Boko Haram is an organization that fights for the establishment of Sharia law in Nigeria. The organization also said that made a car bomb at police headquarters in June. An unnamed official of the United Nations said the UN must strengthen security in all buildings of the agency in Nigeria in recent months, after receiving information that they can is the aim of Boko Haram.

According to analysts, the scope and objectives of the attacks may indicate that it relates to international terrorist groups.