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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (AP) - Militants said Friday they remotely detonated an explosive device placed on a docked ship, and authorities said two people were injured in the fiery blast in restive southern Nigeria.
No deaths were recorded when the vessel at a port caught fire, sending smoke high into the sky, said a Rivers State police spokeswoman, Ireju Barasua.
The region's main militant group said in an email to reporters that it had detonated a charge on the ship, which it said caused the large fire. A blast could be heard in the main oil-center city of Port Harcourt, but Barasua said police couldn't confirm if sabotage had caused the port fire, which she said injured two people. Further details weren't available.
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