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Nigerian rebel group says car bombs one-off attack

LAGOS | Sat Oct 2, 2010 4:10pm EDT

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Oct 2 (Reuters) - Nigeria's main rebel group said on Saturday car bombs in the capital Abuja were intended as a one-off symbolic strike rather than the start of a campaign of violence.

"It was a symbolic and opportunistic attack intended as a one-off high profile reminder that the injustice in the Niger Delta has not been addressed," the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said in an email to Reuters.

Car bombs exploded near a parade marking Nigeria's 50th anniversary of independence on Friday, killing at least 12 people, shortly after MEND said in a statement to the media it had planted several devices in the area. (For more Reuters Africa coverage and to have your say on the top issues, visit: af.reuters.com/) (Reporting by Nick Tattersalll editing by Andrew Dobbie)

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