Dozens killed, more injured in Egypt train smash after emergency brakes activated by ‘unknown individuals’

CAIRO: A train smashed into the back of another killing 32 people and injuring at least 66 more after “unknown individuals” triggered the emergency brakes in one of the trains causing it to stop near the Egyptian city of Sohag, Egypt’s railway authority said on Friday.

Khaled Mujahid, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, explained that immediately after the accident, 36 ambulances were dispatched to transport  some 50 injured people to hospitals.