The attack on the UN building in Nigeria [originaltext] (6)At least 18 peopl

(6)At least 18 people are now known to have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on a United Nations building in the Nigerian capital Abuja. A radical Islamist group, Boko Haram, said it carried out the bombing.
    The admission by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram that it carried out this morning’s attack has confirmed the worst fears of security experts.(6)At around 11 o’clock local time, a car forced its way through two checkpoints and rammed into the UN buildings, exploding on impact. Shards of glass were thrown into the air, and one wing of the UN building collapsed to the ground. A number of dead were being seen dragged from the scene. Dozens more are now being treated in hospital in what the Nigerian authorities describe as a cowardly targeted attack.
    The Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has said his government will spare no effort in bringing the perpetrators to justice. The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon described the bombing as a terrible act.