India offers deep condolences to Egypt's train crash victims

On Sunday, the Indian Embassy in Cairo voiced its deep condolences to Egypt over the train collision that left dozens of people dead and injured.

In a statement, the Embassy said, "On behalf of the Government and the people of India, we express our heartfelt condolences to the victims and their families and wish a speedy recovery to the injured."

"We are deeply grieved and saddened by the tragic loss of human lives due to the train collision that took place in the Tahta district in Sohag Governorate, Upper Egypt Friday," it added.

“Unknown inpiduals” triggered the emergency brakes on one of the trains causing it to stop, the rail authority said. The second train, which was traveling in the same direction, crashed into the first from behind, it added.

Pictures showed train carriages derailed, several of them badly damaged, above a channel of water, as crowds looked on.

The public prosecutor’s office said it had ordered an investigation into the crash, which took place close to the Nile-side town of Tahta, about 365 km (230 miles) south of Cairo.