Terrorists release 11 kidnapped victims from train attack in northwest Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – Eleven of 61 passengers who were abducted by terrorists more than two months ago in a train attack in northwest Kaduna State in Nigeria have been released, officials said Saturday.
Spokesman for the negotiator, Tukur Mamu, said, “six females and five males” were freed. They were abducted March 28 on a Abuja-Kaduna bound passenger train.
The release came after intense negotiations led by one of the leading Islamic clerics in the country, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi.
At least eight passengers were killed and 22 injured in the attack on the train headed to the Kaduna terminal.
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