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27 killed in train accident in Egypt

Cairo: At least 27 people were killed and 32 injured when a freight train crashed into a mini-bus and a truck near Egypt's capital Cairo in the early hours of Monday, the head of the

IANS Updated on: November 18, 2013 20:53 IST


Giza governor Ali Abdel Rahman has decided to pay 5,000 Egyptian pounds (about $725) to compensate the families of each of those killed and 2,000 pounds to the injured.

Monday's accident took place shortly after train services resumed across the country after being halted following the dispersal of two main camps of ousted president Mohamed Morsi's supporters in Cairo and Giza in mid-August.

The worst accident in Egypt's 150-year history of the railways was caused by a fire in February 2002, leaving more than 300 people dead.
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