ABUJA, Nigeria – Authorities say four men charged over a deadly bombing at Nigeria’s United Nations headquarters could face the death penalty over the attack that killed 23 people.
The Aug. 26 car bombing also wounded 116 people.
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Charges were filed Friday in Abuja magistrate court.
The suicide blast was claimed by a radical Muslim sect in Nigeria known locally as Boko Haram.
The attack launched far from the group’s base in the country’s northeast represented a major escalation in violence. Officials also fear the shadowy group now has ties to al-Qaida-linked terror organizations elsewhere in Africa.
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