March 28, (THEWILL) – Suspected terrorists have detonated bombs on the railtrack of Abuja-Kaduna train and successfully immobilised it.
THEWILL gathered that the attack occurred at a point between Katari and Rigasa villages.
According to Daily Trust, the 6pm train, which took off from Idu Train Station at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), hit the explosive device about 30 minutes to Rigasa train station in Kaduna.
Security agents have been mobilised to the area to rescue the passengers.
“There is no network in the area, so we cannot get any information until the team we have dispatched returns”, said a top security source in Kaduna.
“What we know is that suspected IED were planted on the track and the train has derailed. We don’t know for sure if there is any injury or death”, he said.
Although details of the incident are sketchy, but one of the passengers, an official sources familiar with the train service said there are at least 970 passengers onboard the train,
Managing Director/CEO of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, Fidet Okhiria, confirmed the attack.
