A rush-hour bomb blast Monday at a bus station near Nigeria's capital and other explosions that followed are thought to have killed more than 70 people and injured more than 120.
An Islamist group that believes Western education is sinful and takes other extremist stands is being blamed.
"Fingers are being pointed at Boko Haram, the terrorist network that has been threatening to attack Nigeria's capital," NPR's tells our Newscast Desk.
She adds: "Three years ago, Boko Haram claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide bombing at U.N. headquarters in Abuja, killing 21 people. Abuja is hundreds of miles away from the northeast, the main target area of the insurgents, where nearly 1,500 people have been killed this year."
We have many times in the past two years. Among previous attacks blamed on that group:
-- February 2014. .
-- September 2013. .
-- June 2012. .
On Monday morning, , commuters were "about to board buses and taxis to go to work in central Abuja" when a bomb went off. It's not clear at this point if that was followed by at least one other bomb, or whether subsequent blasts were because fuel tanks in nearby vehicles exploded.
As of 8 a.m. ET, that "the confirmed toll ... is 71 killed and 124 wounded so far, [said] police spokesman Frank Mba."
"Mba says Monday's blast destroyed 16 luxury coaches and 24 minibuses."
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