Nigeria conducts mass burial for victims of illegal refinery explosion

A person digs a grave for the mass burial of victims of the explosion at the illegal bunkering site in Imo state, Nigeria April 26, 2022. [Reuters]

Dozens of charred bodies were buried in mass graves on Tuesday in Nigeria's Imo state as the stench of decomposing flesh hung in the air after more than 100 people were killed during a weekend explosion at an illegal oil refinery.

A group of men, some bare chested and without shoes, used shovels to dig three graves at the site of the explosion, a swampy open space surrounded by burnt out cars and palm trees.