UPDATE 2-At least six people killed in train derailment in Morocco


Devdiscourse News Desk | Casablanca | Updated: 17-10-2018 01:27 IST | Created: 16-10-2018 18:41 IST
UPDATE 2-At least six people killed in train derailment in Morocco
Six people were killed and about 80 injured when a train derailed near the Moroccan capital Rabat on Tuesday, officials said. (Twitter)
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Six people were killed and about 80 injured when a train derailed near the Moroccan capital Rabat on Tuesday, officials said.

The train derailed near Sidi Bouknadel, a town near Rabat, on the busy coastal line connecting the capital to the commercial hub of Casablanca.

The cause of the accident was not immediately clear.

A Reuters reporter at the site saw a train derailed near some industrial and residential buildings.

(With inputs from agencies.)

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