Egypt train collision, 25 dead
October 25, 2009 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
CAIRO: At least 25 people were killed and 55 others hurt in a collision between two passenger trains on Saturday in Giza southwest of the Egyptian capital, witnesses and police said.
“The total has risen to 25 dead and 55 injured and may become worse,” a police official at the scene told media.
A security services official said: “The trains were travelling on the same track. One ran into the other as they headed towards Upper Egypt.”
Witnesses initially gave a death toll of 15 and estimated the number of injured people and 24.
The crash took place in Al-Ayyat area of Giza, 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Cairo, when one train stopped unexpectedly and another one also heading south from the capital ploughed into it from behind, the security official said.
The first train, heading to Sayum, 100 km (65 miles) south of Cairo made an unscheduled halt but the second, on a southbound journey from Cairo towards Assiyut, 400 km (250 miles) from the capital travelled onwards at normal speed until it struck the back of the stationary train, the official said.
Egypt train collision, 25 dead was first posted on October 25, 2009 at 10:04 am.
Indian Troops Found Guilty of Killing 2 Kashmiri
SRINAGAR: A high-level army court of inquiry probing the killing of two civilians in held Kashmir has found two soldiers guilty of “lapses”.
The defence ministry said that the inquiry had singled out a junior commissioned officer (JCO) and two other soldiers.
The inquiry relates to the killing of two Muslim men in Bumai.
Local residents said that soldiers fired without any provocation and the deaths sparked mass protests.
The Indian army authorities initially gave conflicting versions of the incident – in which a civilian was also injured – but finally ordered the court of inquiry.
Indian Troops Found Guilty of Killing 2 Kashmiri was first posted on March 21, 2009 at 11:58 am.
