<p>At least 71 people were killed and 124 injured Monday in two blasts in a crowded bus station in Nigeria, an official said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The explosion occurred as commuters were about to board vehicles to go to work in central Abuja, Nigeria's capital city, BBC reported.<br /><br />Eyewitnesses said dead bodies were scattered all around the blast site.<br /><br />Abbas Idris, head of the Abuja Emergency Relief Agency, confirmed 71 people dead and 124 injured.<br /><br />Manzo Ezekiel, spokesman of the National Emergency Management Agency, said injured victims were under treatment in the hospital.<br /><br />No terrorist group had yet claimed responsibility.<br /><br />According to Amnesty International, at least 1,500 people, half of them civilian, have been killed in the restive north-eastern region this year.<br /><br />The organisation blamed both "an increase in attacks by (Islamist jihadist militant organisation) Boko Haram and uncontrolled reprisals by Nigeria's security forces" for the high toll.<br /></p>
<p>At least 71 people were killed and 124 injured Monday in two blasts in a crowded bus station in Nigeria, an official said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The explosion occurred as commuters were about to board vehicles to go to work in central Abuja, Nigeria's capital city, BBC reported.<br /><br />Eyewitnesses said dead bodies were scattered all around the blast site.<br /><br />Abbas Idris, head of the Abuja Emergency Relief Agency, confirmed 71 people dead and 124 injured.<br /><br />Manzo Ezekiel, spokesman of the National Emergency Management Agency, said injured victims were under treatment in the hospital.<br /><br />No terrorist group had yet claimed responsibility.<br /><br />According to Amnesty International, at least 1,500 people, half of them civilian, have been killed in the restive north-eastern region this year.<br /><br />The organisation blamed both "an increase in attacks by (Islamist jihadist militant organisation) Boko Haram and uncontrolled reprisals by Nigeria's security forces" for the high toll.<br /></p>