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Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 02:00
Categories: 
Conflict & emergencies [2]
Issue Number: 
51 [3]
Article-Summary: 

As many as 500 bodies were reportedly recovered after explosions tore through a military arms depot in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos. Hundreds of residents were reported to have drowned after plunging into a canal as they fled a chain reaction of blasts, believed to have been caused accidently, at the Ikeja military base.

Category: 
Human Security [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/conflict/5462 [5]
Country: 
Nigeria [6]

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