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168 people are still missing after an attack on a crowded train last week going to Nigeria, the state railway company announced.
It is not yet clear how many of the missing were taken hostage for money, as some of them had returned home without notifying the authorities.
The bomber struck shortly after noon in front of a rally on Friday, removing hundreds of protesters by truck.
During the ensuing armed attack, at least eight passengers lost their lives.
A survivor told the BBC how the decision to change the wagon saved his life and that of his family.
“I am happy to be alive but sad for the dead and injured,” said the man, who added that he had changed wagons after being told they had taken the wrong seats.
“We heard an explosion around 19:45 – the train shook and the ground below which made the vehicle stop,” he said, adding that gunfire then started from the attackers who had surrounded the train.
“After a while, the attackers got inside the carriages and started shouting orders for the passengers.”
The attack has not yet been carried out by any group but authorities in Kaduna say it was carried out by Boko Haram extremists.
About 970 passengers were on the train when the attack took place, while 168 of the hostages were passengers and several staff members.
Reuters quoted some relatives as saying they had been contacted by bandits to say they had taken their loved ones hostage.
In the last 24 months alone in Nigeria, armed gangs have killed hundreds of people and taken hundreds of others hostage, but a train attack was the first time this has happened.
Roadblocks have become common in Abuja and Kaduna, and rail service was the only affordable means of transportation considered safe.
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