Entertainment of Monday, 24 October 2016Source: uk.reuters.comBiya vows probe after rail crash kills at least 75Paul BiyaOct 23 Cameroon's President Paul Biya on Sunday pledged to investigate the causes of a rail crash that killed at least 75 people, as rescue workers scoured wreckage for more bodies. "I have ordered an in-depth inquiry into the causes of this accident," Biya told state TV in French on returning to Cameroon on Sunday afternoon after a trip in Europe. "I have ordered for victims' (medical) costs to be paid for by the state," he added. Operator Camrail, a unit of French industrial group Bollore, said on Sunday it had set up a special train service to fetch bodies from the crash site. "A crisis unit was immediately created in the train stations of Yaounde and Douala," Camrail's Hamadou Sali told reporters.

Source: CameroonWeb October 24, 2016 15:59 UTC