Egypt: Death toll rises to 23 in weekend train crash

Further 130 injured in derailment north of capital Cairo

Last updated: April 21, 2021 | 00:21

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A crane lifts an overturned passenger carriage after a railway accident in the city of Toukh in Egypt's central Nile Delta province of Qalyubiya on April 18, 2021.

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Cairo: Twenty-three people were killed and more than 130 injured in a train derailment north of the Egyptian capital Cairo at the weekend, prosecutors said on Tuesday.

The previous official toll was 11 dead in Sunday’s accident, which came three weeks after a deadly train collision in the North African country.

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