Nigeria train resumes eight months after deadly attack
4 years agoPassengers board a train at the Idu Railway Station during the resumption of Abuja-Kaduna train railway operations in Abuja, Nigerias capital on December 5, 2022. - Nigeria on Monday resumed service on a train linking the capital with a northern city, eight months after it was suspended following one of the most high-profile attacks in the country. Gunmen with explosives on March 28 blew up the tracks and assaulted the train travelling between Abuja and Kaduna and opened fire, killing eight people, wounding 26 and taking an unspecified number of passengers hostage. The hostages were released in batches following negotiations with their captors who were believed to have collected huge ransoms from their families. (Photo by Kola SULAIMON / AFP)
Nigeria on Monday resumed a train service linking the capital with a northern city, eight months after it was suspended following one of the country's most high-profile attacks.
