{"id":22462,"date":"2022-06-12T09:11:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T13:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=22462"},"modified":"2022-06-12T09:11:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T13:11:33","slug":"abuja-to-kaduna-train-attack-gunmen-free-11-hostages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/06\/12\/abuja-to-kaduna-train-attack-gunmen-free-11-hostages\/","title":{"rendered":"Abuja to Kaduna train attack: Gunmen free 11 hostages"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kidnappers who had detained some victims of the March attack on the Abuja to Kaduna train in northern Nigeria have released 11 hostages.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The spokesman to the cleric acting as go-between for the government and the attackers, Tukur Mamu, told the BBC that 51 people were still captive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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During the gruesome assault gunmen planted explosives on the rail line and shot at travellers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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At least nine people died and the incident sparked outrage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The government blamed the attack on a jihadist group working in collaboration with local militia, known locally as bandits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Last month the gunmen released a heavily pregnant woman. In a video message circulating on social media, the woman said the abductors told her she had been freed on “compassionate grounds”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Negotiations continue between the government and the kidnappers to release the remaining captives, Tukur Mamu said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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On Sunday President Muhammadu Buhari addressed the widespread insecurity caused by armed gangs in his speech marking the country’s democracy day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He described the “daily grief and worry” he feels for the victims or “terrorism and kidnapping” and said his government would continue to seek justice for families of victims.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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However, most of his speech focused on politics and the coming 2023 general elections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Last week suspected Islamic State (Iswap) group gunmen invaded a Catholic church in the usually peaceful southwestern town of Owo killing at least 40 worshippers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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More on Nigeria’s kidnapping crisis:<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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