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Two Passenger Trains Collide, Min. 32 Dead, 84 Injured in Egypt

Cairo, Egypt, 26 March: At least 32 people were killed and 84 injured Friday when two trains collided in southern Egypt.

A train smashed into the back of another after “unknown individuals” triggered the emergency brakes in one of the trains causing it to stop near the Egyptian city of Sohag, Egypt’s railway authority said on Friday.

Dozens of ambulances rushed to the scene in the Tahta district of Sohag province, some 460 kilometers (285 miles) south of the capital Cairo.

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Egypt has been plagued with deadly train accidents in recent years that have been widely blamed on inadequate infrastructure and poor maintenance.

One of the deadliest occurred in 2002 when 373 people died as a fire ripped through a crowded train south of Cairo, and there have been many fatal crashes since.

In March last year, at least 13 people were injured when two passenger trains collided in Cairo, triggering a brief suspension of rail services nationwide.

And in February 2019, a train derailed and 2caught fire at Cairo’s main railway station killing more than 20 people and prompting the transport minister to resign.

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