Radicals claim suicide attack on UN offices

A CAR laden with explosives rammed through two gates and blew up at the UN offices in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, killing at least 18 people and shattering part of the concrete structure.

A radical Islamist group, Boko Haram, has claimed responsibility.

The attack, carried out as the UN offices teemed with staff, comes as Africa’s most populous nation faces the growing threat of homegrown and international terrorism.