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Gunmen attack Kaduna-Abuja train

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Armed men suspected to be kidnappers Thursday morning attacked an Abuja bound train with guns and other projectiles.

The train left the Rigassa station at about 10 am in Kaduna before it was attacked by the gunmen at Katari, about 70 kilometres from Abuja.

The gunmen attacked the train with guns and other projectiles.

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Confirming the incident, a passenger disclosed that the train suffered “ballistic projectiles attack” but nobody was hurt.

It was also learnt that the window of Coach SP12 attached to the train was shattered by gunshots from the bandits.

“Coach SP 12 attached to the train from Kaduna was shattered by gunshots. The train was on its way from Kaduna 10:45am train,” a source, who’s also a passenger told our correspondent.

“There was panic everywhere among the passengers. It was something that nobody could explained at the moment but we are trusting in God that something be done by security operatives to curtailed this unfortunate incident,” The Punch Newspaper reported quoting an unnnamed source.

Meanwhile, there was no life lost during the incident.

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