BREAKING: BANDITS HOLD KADUNA BOUND TRAIN WITH OVER 900 PASSENGERS ONBOARD...Sporadic Shooting Around The Train Reported

“All the passengers are currently lying on the floor of the train. The bandits are shooting sporadically. We are in serious danger." panic-stricken passenger reveals.

A Kaduna bound train from Abuja, the nation's capital has been reportedly stalled by armed bandits on Monday night, with almost a thousand passengers onboard.

Reports say the bandits detonated explosive devices on the rail track and successfully immobilized the train, around the now notorious Kateri-Rijiana axis of the route.

According to one of the passengers who confirmed the incident in a telephone call, revealed that the attackers have surrounded the train, shooting sporadically.

“All the passengers are currently lying on the floor of the train. The bandits are shooting sporadically. We are in serious danger,” said on of the panic-stricken passengers.

There are at least 970 passengers onboard the train, according to official sources familiar with the train service.

Using the google map, one of the passengers in the train was able to send the location of the immobilized train showing the location of the train.

However, additional information just coming in, reveals that members of the Operation Thunder Force of the Nigeria Army have arrived with more escort to provide guard for the train.