A CAR BOMB AT AN ARMY BARRACKS IN NIGERIA'S SOUTHERN CITY OF PORT HARCOURT KILLED THREE PEOPLE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, A MILITARY SOURCE SAID ON THURSDAY, AND MILITANTS SAID THEY HAD DETONATED THE BOMB, ACCORDING TO REUTERS. THE MOVEMENT FOR THE EMANCIPATION OF THE NIGER DELTA (MEND), WHOSE ATTACKS ON THE WORLD'S EIGHTH-LARGEST OIL EXPORTER HAVE CUT OUTPUT BY A QUARTER, THREATENED IN AN EMAIL TO CARRY OUT MORE SUCH ATTACKS ON OIL INDUSTRY TARGETS AND INDIVIDUALS. "THE EXPLOSION SHATTERED MANY VEHICLES. THE WHOLE PLACE IS LITTERED WITH WRECKAGE," SAID A MILITARY SOURCE WHO LIVES IN THE BORI BARRACKS IN PORT HARCOURT. "THREE PEOPLE DIED AND SEVERAL OTHERS SUSTAINED INJURIES AND THEY WERE TAKEN TO THE MILITARY HOSPITAL."
