{"id":62292,"date":"2022-03-31T23:20:32","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T22:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=62292"},"modified":"2022-03-31T23:20:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T22:20:32","slug":"amaechi-visits-scene-of-terrorist-attack-on-kaduna-bound-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/amaechi-visits-scene-of-terrorist-attack-on-kaduna-bound-train","title":{"rendered":"Amaechi visits scene of terrorist attack on Kaduna-bound train"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press-Nigeria The train left Abuja, the Nigerian capital, at about 6:00 p.m. and was heading to Kaduna when it was attacked between Katari and Rijana communities.<\/p>\n<p>The terrorists, also referred to as bandits in Nigeria, planted explosives on the train track and immobilised it before firing gunshots at passengers as they tried to open the doors.<\/p>\n<p>The transportation minister,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rotimi_Amaechi\">Rotimi Amaechi<\/a><\/strong>, went on an inspection visit to the scene of the incident on Tuesday. He hinted that the attack on the Kaduna-bound train could have been averted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62293\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/07-WhatsApp-Image-2022-03-30-at-1.29.45-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/07-WhatsApp-Image-2022-03-30-at-1.29.45-AM.jpg 800w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/07-WhatsApp-Image-2022-03-30-at-1.29.45-AM-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/07-WhatsApp-Image-2022-03-30-at-1.29.45-AM-768x404.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62295\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/images-2022-03-30T070023.347.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/images-2022-03-30T070023.347.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/images-2022-03-30T070023.347-300x174.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press-Nigeria The train left Abuja, the Nigerian capital, at about 6:00 p.m. and was heading to Kaduna when it was attacked between Katari and Rijana communities. 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