ABUJA, Nigeria ? Nigeria's president says his government will bring terrorism "under control," the day after a car bomb at United Nations headquarters in Abuja killed at least 18 people.
President Goodluck Jonathan said Saturday during a visit to the site: "As a government we are working on it, and we will bring it under control."
He did not elaborate.
Security in the capital has been tightened after Friday's suicide attack, which was one of the deadliest assaults on the international body in a decade.
A radical Muslim sect known locally as Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the attack. The group, which has reported links to al-Qaida, wants to implement a strict version of Shariah law in the nation and is vehemently opposed to Western education and culture.
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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) ? Security around Nigeria's capital has been tightened the day after a car bomb exploded at the United Nations' main headquarters in Abuja, killing at least 18 people in one of the deadliest assaults on the international body in a decade.
Soldiers wearing flak jackets blocked the main highway heading into the city from Abuja's international airport on Saturday and checked passing vehicles.
At the U.N. building, soldiers, police and members of Nigeria's secret police cordoned off the area, stopping journalists near the gate.
A radical Muslim sect known locally as Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the attack. The group, which has reported links to al-Qaida, wants to implement a strict version of Shariah law in the nation and is vehemently opposed to Western education and culture.
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