Train crash kills seven, injures dozens near Egypt’s Cairo city
The passenger train was travelling from Egypt's capital to Aswan in the south when it derailed, overturning carriages.
According to Al Jazeera English, the passenger train was travelling from Egypt's capital to Aswan in the south when it derailed, overturning carriages.
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- Egypt · Africa
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- Al Jazeera English
- First reported
- Key names
- Egypt’s Cairo, Aswan
- Section
- World
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