The United Nations Security Council Friday strongly condemned the car bomb attack on the United Nations building in the Nigerian capital Abuja, in which at least 18 have been killed and many others wounded, Xinhua reported.
The compound in Abuja, a series of buildings that house the offices of 26 UN humanitarian and development agencies, was struck by a car bomb at around 11 a.m. Friday local time. Hundreds of UN staff members were working in the compound at the time of the attack.