Gunmen who attacked a train in northwest Nigeria and killed eight people have released a video of a bank executive who was among an unspecified number of passengers taken hostage during the assault.
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No specific group has claimed responsibility for the video shot in an undisclosed forest area with an armoured vehicle in the background. In the video, the speaker said they decided to release the hostage out of compassion as a "Ramadan gesture", referring to the Muslim holy month of fasting, and his "advanced age".
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