LAGOS: Rescuers toiled through the night as police with machineguns stood guard after three apartment blocks were flattened and at least 30 people killed by a mystery explosion in the crowded commercial heart of Lagos.
The front of the Prudent Bank next to the block where Sunday's blast occurred was ripped off and looters ransacked the building. Nigeria's Red Cross chief said the bank's strongroom was cleaned out.
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