MORE THAN 150 PASSENGERS STILL MISSING AFTER KADUNA TRAIN ATTACK

 

                               MORE  THAN 150 STILL  MISSING AFTER  KADUNA TRAIN ATTACK

   One week after gunmen attacked a train with explosives in Kaduna State, the whereabouts of 168 passengers are still unknown, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has said.

At least eight people were killed and others missing on March 28 when gunmen detonated a bomb on the track and opened fire on the train linking the capital Abuja with the northwestern city of Kaduna. President Muhammadu Buhari had said some passengers had been kidnapped and survivors.

In a statement late Sunday, the NRC said of the 362 passengers on board the train when it was attacked, 186 had been confirmed safe."Of the 362 validated passengers on board the attacked AK9 train service on March 28, 186 persons on the manifest are confirmed to be safe and at their various homes,” it said.

The NRC said of the remaining 176 passengers, eight have been confirmed dead, leaving the whereabouts of 168 still unknown.  It said efforts were still underway to rescue the missing passengers. The corporation said damaged track and coaches were being repaired while services on the Abuja-Kaduna route had been “temporarily suspended”.