Gunmen attacked the Igueben railway station in Nigeria’s Edo state late Saturday, abducting scores of passengers, police mentioned.
Police spokesman Chidi Nwabuzor mentioned plenty of passengers had been additionally injured as gunmen with AK-47 rifles invaded the practice station and shot sporadically into the air.
Police mentioned the victims had been largely passengers ready to board the Itakpe-Warri practice.
Security forces visited the crime scene, and began combing operations to rescue the victims and arrest the culprits.
The West African nation of Nigeria, which is getting ready to elect a brand new president and lawmakers on Feb. 25, is stricken by widespread insecurity.
Attacks and kidnappings for ransom by felony teams are frequent within the northwest and central components of the nation.
Last March, eight folks had been killed and dozens kidnapped when assailants detonated a bomb on a railway observe and opened hearth on the practice from the capital Abuja to Kaduna.
In October, the authorities introduced they’d secured the discharge of the final 23 passengers.
