尼日利亚东北部投票站发生爆炸致8人伤亡
At least ten people have been killed in an upsurge of violence in Nigeria on the eve of Saturday's parliamentary elections. A bomb at electoral commission offices in the central town of Suleja left at least five dead. Caroline Duffield reports from Lagos.
上周六在尼日利亚国民议会选举投票前夕,日益高涨的暴力导致至少10人死亡。位于Suleja镇中心的选举委员会办公处发生了爆炸事件,造成至少5人遇难。拉各斯,Caroline Duffield报道。
Reports from the town of Suleja suggest that the explosion happened at around six o'clock in the evening. A senior figure in the election commission told the BBC that the officers were busy at the time. Official paperwork had been delivered and staff was still at work as the explosion ripped through the building. He added that he was making frantic efforts to contact election workers. Some are still unaccounted for.
来自Suleja镇的报告表明,爆炸事件发生在傍晚约6点钟。选举委员会中的一位资深人士告诉BBC,相关官员在发生爆炸时都处于忙碌的状态。当炸弹轰炸建筑物时官方的文件已经递送,工作人员还在工作中。他补充道,他在努力的和选举工作人员取得联系,但是人有些人下落不明。
In the northeastern state of Borno, gunmen shot dead four people at a police station where election officials were preparing voting materials. Earlier, a man died in the northern city of Kaduna when a bomb he was carrying exploded.