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1st LD: Explosion rocks Nigeria polling unit on election day: police

Xinhua, March 28, 2015 Adjust font size:

An explosion rocked a polling unit in Nigeria's southeastern state of Enugu on Saturday, hours before the crucial presidential and national assembly elections commenced in the West African country, local police said.

The bomb was hidden under a Honda car at the WTC Primary School, one of the polling units in Ogui area of Enugu, the state police chief, Dan Bature, told Xinhua.

According to the official, three other bombs hidden under cars in the voting area were defused by the anti-bomb unit of the police. Endi