Nigeria Blast Kills 10

Officials in northeastern Nigeria say an explosion at a small hotel has killed 10 people and injured 14.

There has been no immediate claim of responsibility for the late Friday blast on the outskirts of the city of Bauchi.

The French news agency says the building was  "widely known as a brothel," making it a likely target of the Boko Haram Islamist militants who focus their violence on places they deem sinful, including bars, churches, and schools teaching a Western curriculum.  

The militants have received unprecedented international attention in recent months following their abduction of more than 200 teenage girls from the town of Chibok.  

The gruesome mass abduction has drawn condemnation form governments and prominent people worldwide and offers of military help from major world powers to boost Nigeria's counter-insurgency effort

Fuente: La Voz de América, http://www.voanews.com/content/nigeria-blast-kills-10/1946845.html