BREAKING: Train Attack: Gunmen free more hostages
The terrorists are still holding 39 hostages
One of the released captives
The gunmen, who attacked a Kaduna-bound train in March, and abducted several passengers, have released four more hostages.
The release of the hostages comes a day after the terrorists released a video of them hitting some of the male hostages with a cudgel.
In the video, the distressed hostages were heard calling on the Nigerian government to come to their rescue.
A newspaper publisher, Tukur Mamu, who had previously negotiated the release of some of the captives, confirmed the release of the four hostages on Monday to Premium Times.
Mr Mamu, who is also a media consultant to Kaduna-based cleric, Ahmad Gumi, said the release of the captives follows the intervention of their family members.
He identified the released passengers as Oluwa Toyin-Ojo; Hassan Lawan; and Ayodeji Oyewumi.
He said one other victim, Gladys Brumen, was released last week.
Mr Mamu said he does not know if the relatives of the hostages paid a ransom before they were released.
He said with the release of the four, 39 of the victims are still being held in the forest.
The son of a former military governor of Kano state, Idris Garba, his wife and children and many others are reportedly among those still being held.
Nine passengers were killed during the attack.
