One dead in blast caused by dynamite in Nigerian oil hub

AFP , Thursday 17 May 2012

An explosion caused by dynamite on a bus in the Nigerian oil hub city of Port Harcourt Thursday killed the driver and wounded two other people, the state governor and a rescue official said.

"It was a minor incident of suspected robbers who put some dynamite and weapons inside a bus... killing the driver while the two other occupants sustained injuries," Rivers state governor Rotimi Amaechi told AFP by phone.

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