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Six Belgian tourists killed, 29 injured in Egyptian road accident
Six Belgian tourists were killed and 29 injured when the coach they were travelling overturned in southern Egypt on Friday, the state news agency MENA said.
- Agencies
- Published: 13:26 October 31, 2008
Cairo: Six Belgian tourists were killed and 29 injured when the coach they were travelling overturned in southern Egypt on Friday, the state news agency MENA said.
The coach was travelling on the road between the southern town of Aswan and Abu Simbel, the site of two temples dating from the time of the Pharaoh Ramses II, it said.
The injured have been taken to hospital, it added.
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