The first suicide bombing in Nigeria's history occurred on 16 June 2011, when a suicide bomber drove a car bomb onto the premises of the Louis Edet House in Abuja, the headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force.Two die in Abuja bombing The Nation, 16 June 2011. He may have been trying to kill Inspector-General of Police Hafiz Ringim, whose convoy he followed into the compound, but he was stopped by security before he could do so.Force hqtrs bombing: Suicide bomber was a foreigner – Interim report Vanguard, 17 June 2011.
It was confirmed that the bomber and a traffic policeman were killed, although authorities said there may have been up to six casualties.
The Sunni Islamist group Boko Haram claimed the explosion.Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists 'bombed Abuja police HQ'
See also 2011 Abuja United Nations bombing
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