President visits site of Friday''s bomb attack on UN building

(27 Aug 2011) 1. Mid of rubble behind cordoned off area of damaged UN building 2. Blood stained wall in foreground and in the background a UN truck caught in the blast on the driveway 3. Various of UN security officers and police at scene 4. Mid of clothing with bloodstains 5. Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan arriving 6. Various set up shots of Jonathan 7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Goodluck Jonathan, Nigerian President: "Different countries have suffered from terrorist attacks at different times, probably it''s the turn of Nigeria, but we are on top of and surely we would get over it. (Question) Boko Haram is a local group linked up with terrorist activities and as a government we are walking on it and we will bring it under control." 8. Soldiers with equipment walking behind cordon 9. Mid of UN truck caught in the blast 10. Close up of soldier 11. Set up shot of Agathe Lawson, acting resident coordinator for the UN in Nigeria 12 . SOUNDBITE: (English) Agathe Lawson, acting resident coordinator for the UN in Nigeria: "At the time of the bombing we were at the first floor having a meeting, specially on some of the MDG''s (Millennium Development Goals) issues and when we heard the blast, but when we came back you see what we discovered, so very quickly I have to see that the staff got organised to support each other and I think they really behaved very bravely and I think I have to say that." 13. Bombed UN building behind barbed wire 14. Officials at site 15. Wide of building 16. Car driving off STORYLINE: Nigeria''s president vowed on Saturday to bring "under control" the radical Muslim sect responsible for Friday''s attack on the UN headquarters in his country. President Goodluck Jonathan visited the bombed UN headquarters in Nigeria''s capital, Abuja, a day after at least 19 people died in the attack claimed by the sect known locally as Boko Haram. Jonathan toured the shattered reception area of the building, where a suicide bomber crashed an explosive-laden sedan before detonating his bombs. He promised to address the threat posed by Boko Haram, though so far, his government has been unable to stop the group from carrying out assassinations and bombings at will in Africa''s most populous nation. "Boko Haram is a local group linked up with terrorist activities," Jonathan told journalists gathered at the site. "As a government, we are working on this and we will bring it under control." The president did not elaborate on the statement. The death toll for the attack rose to 19 on Saturday, said a spokesman for Nigeria''s National Emergency Management Agency. Previously, officials said as many as 60 people wounded in the attack sought care at one nearby hospital alone. The UN had yet to complete a head count of its staff at the building, which houses about 400 workers, said Agathe Lawson, the acting resident coordinator in Nigeria for the international body. Lawson said her staff had behaved "very bravely" and had supported each other after the blast. Security appeared tighter than normal in Abuja, about 550 miles (880 kilometres) northeast of the country''s megacity of Lagos. At the UN building, soldiers, police and members of Nigeria''s secret police cordoned off the area, looking out at the nearby embassies and buildings, some with broken windows from Friday''s blast. Friday''s bombing is a major escalation of the Boko Haram''s fight against Nigeria''s weak central government. The group wants to implement a strict version of Shariah law in the nation and is vehemently opposed to Western education and culture. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...