聯合國駐尼機構爆炸死亡人數增至10人尼日利亞首都阿布賈的聯合國大樓發生炸彈爆炸，造成至少10人死亡。

尼日利亞首都阿布賈的聯合國大樓發生炸彈爆炸，造成至少10人死亡。

目擊者說，他們看到一輛車強行衝過聯合國機構大院的保安設施，在到達這個四層高的大樓時爆炸。

聯合國已經證實是一枚炸彈引起了這次爆炸。爆炸發生在當地時間星期五上午11點左右。

目擊者說，救援人員爭分奪秒的從大院的瓦礫堆中拉出死者的遺體和生還者。

有報道說，大樓裏有400名工作人員。大樓位於其他幾個外交機構的辦公室附近，其中包括美國大使館。

目前還沒有人聲稱對爆炸負責。

A bomb blast at the United Nations building in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, has killed at least 16 people.

Witnesses report seeing a vehicle force its way past security and explode once it reached the four-story building on Friday morning.

Rescuers raced to pull bodies and survivors from the rubble at the compound.

Speaking from New York, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon predicted the casualty toll will be “considerable,” but added he did not yet have an exact number.

Mr. Ban called the attack a “terrible act” against people who devote their lives to helping others. He said the U.N. compound houses 26 humanitarian and development agencies. An estimated 400 people work at the complex.

The secretary-general said a U.N. team led by Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro will travel to Abuja to assess the situation.

He declined to speculate on a motive for the attack, and there was no immediate claim of responsibility.

Police have blamed a string of bombings in the country on the radical Islamic sect Boko Haram. The group has called for sharia, a form of strict Islamic law it would like applied more widely and strictly across Nigeria.