{"id":1432044,"date":"2022-04-11T23:59:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T03:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1432044"},"modified":"2022-04-11T23:59:48","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T03:59:48","slug":"nigeria-terrorists-release-hostage-video-of-train-abductees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nigeria-terrorists-release-hostage-video-of-train-abductees\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: Terrorists Release Hostage Video of Train Abductees"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnigeria-terrorists-release-hostage-video-of-train-abductees%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1432044&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A group of unidentified Nigerian terrorists <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2022\/04\/11\/nigeria-train-attack-kidnappers-release-new-video-of-more-hostages\/\/\">released<\/a> a video on Monday appearing to <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/thisday-846548948316-wp-data\/wp-media\/4ae8be03-whatsapp-video-2022-04-11-at-9.18.04-am.mp4\">show<\/a> hostages abducted from a passenger train attacked by the terror group on March 28, Africnews reported.<\/p>\n<p>The roughly two-minute video began circulating on social media platforms on April 11. The footage shows \u201c20 people [sat] in a forested area. One of the hostages appears to be from Southeast Asia and another appears to be white,\u201d Africanews detailed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBehind the captives are men standing in a line who appear to be holding arms,\u201d according to the news outlet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are the passengers who left Abuja for Kaduna on Monday 28 March 2022. We were kidnapped on the way,\u201d a man says in the video clip.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are women and children, old people with health problems,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s <em>This Day<\/em> newspaper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisdaylive.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/11\/two-weeks-after-attack-terrorists-release-video-of-abducted-train-passengers-demand-ransom\/\">reported<\/a> on April 11 that \u201cover 30 victims were seen pleading with the federal government to meet the demands of their abductors\u201d in the hostage video released earlier that day.<\/p>\n<p>Africanews, together with Agence France-Presse (AFP), reviewed the video clip on Monday. The duo noted they were unable to \u201cindependently verify the authenticity\u201d of the footage at press time.<\/p>\n<p>The video\u2019s release on April 11 marked the second time the terror group has issued a video of its abductees since it derailed a passenger train traveling from Nigeria\u2019s Federal Capital Territory of Abuja to the city of Kaduna on March 28 and kidnapped an unknown number of its riders. The terror group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2022\/4\/7\/nigeria-train-attackers-release-hostage-video\">released<\/a> its first hostage video on April 6.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the [April 6] footage, Alwan Ali-Hassan, a bank manager in Nigeria is surrounded by four masked gunmen in military uniform,\u201d Africanews <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2022\/04\/07\/nigeria-train-attackers-release-hostage-video\/\/\">detailed<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<p>According to the media outlet, Ali-Hassan in the video called on Nigerian government authorities \u201cto meet the demands of his captors to secure the release of other hostages who \u2018are in a desperate situation.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Ali-Hassan appeared in both the April 6 and April 11 videos released by the terror outfit. Nigeria\u2019s Premium Times online newspaper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumtimesng.com\/news\/headlines\/523092-train-attack-bandits-release-another-video-of-abducted-passengers.html\">reported<\/a> on April 11 that the April 6 video \u201cwas shot before the release of \u2026 Alwan Hassan, by the gunmen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Relatives of Ali-Hassan on April 7\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumtimesng.com\/news\/headlines\/522553-train-attack-gunmen-threaten-to-kill-captives-unless.html\">confirmed<\/a> to media outlets Ali-Hassan\u2019s appearance in the April 6 video. They further told AFP Ali-Hassan was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/video\/nigeria-train-attackers-release-hostage-112240755.html\">released<\/a> by his captors on April 6 after members of his family complied with the terrorists\u2019 demand for a ransom.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/THISDAYLIVE\/posts\/4927124337341935\" data-width=\"640\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/142936439094106\/posts\/4927124337341935\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>The  Managing Director\/Chief Executive,  of  Bank of Agriculture (BoA), Mr. Alwan Ali Hassan, has been released by\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/142936439094106\">thisdaylive.com<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/142936439094106\/posts\/4927124337341935\/\">Wednesday, April 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The March 28 terror attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train killed at least eight people. Armed men carried out the ambush by detonating explosives affixed to the train\u2019s tracks as it passed through a targeted zone. The blast derailed the locomotive and allowed the gunmen to storm some of its carriages. The terrorists reportedly shot at either side of most train cars and specifically targeted the train\u2019s VIP carriage for abductions.<\/p>\n<p>Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari <a href=\"https:\/\/newsaf.cgtn.com\/news\/2022-03-30\/Buhari-orders-manhunt-for-bandits-that-attacked-train-18O5OVihDuE\/index.html\">acknowledged<\/a> the kidnappings on March 29 but did not disclose how many people were taken from the train. The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), which operated the train in question, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/africa\/2022\/04\/04\/nigeria-168-people-unaccounted-for-one-week-after-train-terror-attack\/\">said<\/a> on April 3 its manifest showed 362 passengers on board the locomotive at the time of its March 28 derailment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany Nigerians, however, believe the [passenger] figures are much higher due to the fraud and manipulations that go on at the train stations,\u201d the Premium Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumtimesng.com\/news\/headlines\/521738-one-week-after-kaduna-train-attack-168-passengers-still-unaccounted-for-nrc.html\">observed<\/a> on April 4. The NRC is state-owned and managed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The NRC said it had \u201cconfirmed the safety of 14 more passengers on board the train, bringing the total number of safe passengers to 186\u201d as of April 3.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf the remaining 176 passengers, eight have been confirmed dead, while the families of 22 passengers have formally declared them missing. This indicates that a total of 168 passengers have yet to be accounted for, including the 22 declared missing by their families,\u201d the Premium Times reported at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not yet clear if all the 168 were kidnapped by the attackers or have just not been accounted for one week after the incident,\u201d the online newspaper noted.<\/p>\n<p>The Abuja-Kaduna train bombing on March 28 was one of three terror incidents that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/africa\/2022\/03\/30\/nigeria-terror-spree-targets-airport-trains-priests\/\">took place<\/a> across Nigeria from March 26 to March 28. Unidentified gunmen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisdaylive.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/29\/48-hours-after-attacking-kaduna-airport-terrorists-blow-up-abuja-kaduna-train\/\">attacked<\/a> Kaduna\u2019s airport on March 26, killing one perimeter security guard at the site and injuring several others. Another group of unidentified militants on March 27 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisdaylive.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/29\/terrorists-invade-niger-communities-kill-several-villagers-kidnap-catholic-priest-others\/\">raided<\/a> a Christian village in Niger state\u2019s Munya region. The assailants stormed the communities and abducted a local priest.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s insecurity is long-established, though it has appeared to worsen in recent months. The nation\u2019s regular terror attacks and mass abductions have traditionally been tied to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tag\/boko-haram\/\">Boko Haram<\/a>, a jihadist terror group founded in northeastern Nigeria in 2009. Boko Haram has\u00a0expanded its reach beyond Nigeria\u2019s northeast over the past two years. Reports in April 2021 suggested the group was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theafricareport.com\/83757\/nigeria-on-high-alert-as-boko-haram-approaches-abuja\/\">operating<\/a> nearer to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/africa\/2021\/04\/28\/boko-haram-seizes-50-villages-near-nigerian-capital\/\">Abuja<\/a>, Nigeria\u2019s centrally-located national capital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of unidentified Nigerian terrorists released a video on Monday appearing to show hostages abducted from a passenger train attacked by the terror group on March 28, Africnews reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":1888528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1432044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1432044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1432044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1432044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1888528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1432044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1432044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1432044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}