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Egypt, train accident: collision between two trains, at least 32 dead

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CAIRO – The still provisional toll of a collision between two passenger trains in the southern province of Sohag, in Egypt, is at least 32 dead and 66 injured. This was reported by the Ministry of Health. The images show several wagons overturned at the crash site, which is 460 km from the capital. Dozens of people trapped. More than 30 ambulances were sent to the scene.

The Egyptian president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, promised a “deterrent punishment” for those responsible for the train accident: “Anyone who caused this painful accident through negligence or corruption or for any other reason should receive a dissuasive sanction, without exception or delay,” he wrote on his Twitter profile .

The Egyptian railway authorities claim that someone pulled the emergency brake causing the collision with the second train arriving in the queue. The chief prosecutor of the country, Hamada al Sawi, ordered that an investigation into the incident be initiated immediately. Some videos released on social media show the wagons reduced to a heap of sheets and desperate people asking for help.

The railway disasters in Egypt of the past

The collision between the two passenger trains in the Tahta district is just the latest in a series of fatal accidents in Egypt in recent years, often caused by inadequate infrastructure and poor maintenance. Among the worst, the one that occurred in 2002 when 373 people died from a fire that broke out in a crowded train overloaded with Islamic pilgrims in al-Ayat, about fifty kilometers south of Cairo.

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In 2017, there were 1,793 accidents across the country. In 2018, a passenger train derailed near the city of Aswan, injuring 6 people and leading to the resignation of the Railways.

In the capital in March 2020, a collision left 13 injured and caused a national stop to traffic, while in February 2019 a train derailed and caught fire at one of the city’s main stations, killing 20 people and leading to the resignation of the Minister of Transport.

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