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Mr Fidet Okhiria, the Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), has confirmed the attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train by suspected terrorists on Monday night.
Okhiria however said that ”information concerning the attack was still sketchy, and no concrete information could be given at the moment.
”We have confirmed the attack, but we cannot give you much information right now.
”From the reports we have gotten, most of the passengers have gone into hiding and the officials on board are yet to give us a report of the situation.
”There are reports of gunshots and the train derailed due to the attack,” Okhiria said.
Recall that a Kaduna bound train was last night attacked by terrorists who bombed the rail tracks and derailed the train. They, thereafter, started shooting sporadically into the air until a combined team of security forces confronted them and reportedly rescued the about 970 trapped passengers.
The incident happened between Katari and Rijana train stations, as the train was en route Kaduna from Abuja.