DHAKA: At least 19 people were killed and injured 60 more in a car bomb attack killed in the Nigerian capital Abuja.

Witnesses said the explosion targeted a police checkpoint near a bus station.

No group has claimed responsibility for Thursday's attack. The Islamist militant group Boko Haram said it was behind the fatal explosion last month.

The BBC's Will Ross in Abuja says Nyanya is a religiously mixed area and it is not clear why the area has been targeted.

Charles Osueke, who was in the area at the time of the blast, told the media that it was just 200m (650ft) away from the 14 April explosion.

"People in the crowd were saying that a man parked his car, walked away and the next thing they know, the car blew up," he said.

People gather close to the site of the explosion in Abuja, Nigeria - 1 May 2014 There was heavy traffic on the road at the time of the blast, with many commuters waiting for buses.

The head of Nigeria's Emergency Management Agency, Abbas Idriss, told the media that 19 people were killed in the blast and 60 others were injured.

Source: BBC

BDST: 0848 HRS, MAY 02, 2014