By Ayomide Mamora.
Survivors of Monday’s terror attack on a passenger train in Kaduna have relayed their traumatic ordeals.
They spoke on Tuesday at the St Gerald’s Catholic hospital where some of them are receiving treatment. The terrorists are like Fulani, with turban on their heads, but not Nigerians, say survivors of Kaduna train attack
They said the attack was launched by terrorists between the ages of 18 and 22.
One of the survivors, Muhammadu Ishaq, said: “We heard a loud voice of something, then the train started shaking then suddenly it stopped. Then we started hearing gunshots from every angle.
“Then police that inside the train they ran and came out and started firing back. They told us to all lie down in the train. The police went through the front to fire them back but they followed through the back Coach 17.
“Then they broke the door with gun and they gained access. Then they said everyone should come out, then me when I saw that they have successfully entered the train. Then we started running from coach 17 to 16, 15 and so on and so on.
“As I was running for my life, than I noticed a shot on my hand, then I held my hand to continue running. I didn’t even know it was gunshot. But I know something hit me and then I held the place. It was when I was soaked with blood I knew it was gunshot.
Another survivor, Fatima Shuaibu, a student, said:“They are small children like 18-20 years and they did not look like Nigerian people. They looked like Chadians, because they spoke languages like Fulani but not purely Fulani of Nigeria. And they were not even more than 20.”
