Abuja–Kaduna train attack
On 28 March 2022, an Abuja–Kaduna train was attacked in Katari, Kaduna State, Nigeria. In response, the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) briefly halted operations along the route. Incident. At around 7:45 pm, hundreds of passengers travelling northwards on their way to Nigeria's northwest were kidnapped in Katari, Kaduna State, while others were killed and injured by bandits who bombed an Abuja-Kaduna train. Approximately 970 passengers were on board, and several may have been abducted into the bush by the marauding bandits who arrived on motorbikes holding firearms and other deadly weapons, according to  a passenger who escaped the onslaught. The train left Abuja's Idu station at 6 pm and was scheduled to arrive in Kaduna's Rigasa train station by 8 pm According to eyewitness accounts, the train was bombed twice before the armed bandits opened fire at the passengers. Although 26 passengers were officially declared missing, as of April 4, over 150 passengers are still unaccounted for. Killings. More than sixty people were killed including: Amin Mahmoud, a youth leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Chinelo Megafu Chinelo, a medical doctor, Tibile Mosugu, a rising lawyer and son of  Senior Advocate of Nigeria, and Barrister Musa Lawal-Ozigi, secretary-general, Trade Union Congress, TUC. Megafu Chinelo, a doctor, was declared dead hours after she said on Twitter that she had been shot on the Kaduna-bound train. In a statement released on 28 March 2022, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) verified this. Chinelo tweeted shortly after the train from Abuja to Kaduna was attacked by terrorists: ""I'm in the train, I have been shot. Please pray for me"". Other recent attacks. The incident occurred in the broader context of the Nigerian bandit conflict, and took place two days  after a bandit raid at Kaduna Airport, in which two personnel from the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) were slain and several other workers were kidnapped. In October 2021, the NRC suspended operations on the route for the first time for the same reason. Aftermath. In the aftermath of the attack, the Nigerian Air Force conducted raids in the forest on the boundary of Niger State and Kaduna State, killing "no fewer than 34 terrorists," according to the Guardian.