At least seven people have died and more than 100 have been injured after two southbound trains collided near the Egyptian city of Giza.
Railway officials said a train travelling from Giza to Fayoum ran into the back of a Cairo-to-Aswan service that was standing on the tracks, throwing several carriages down an embankment. One of the train drivers is among the dead.
President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has ordered an investigation and said anyone found negligent will be held to account. The public prosecutor warned that the death toll could rise, and nearby hospitals were placed on high alert.
Services between Giza and Upper Egypt have been suspended while cranes clear the wreckage. The crash happened close to the site of Egypt’s worst rail disaster, a 2002 train fire that officially killed more than 370 people.
Compiled by Sweet Melodies FM from reporting by BBC News. Read the original report.
