Giza governor Kamal Al-Daly decided to issue compensation worth EGP 20,000 for the families of those who died in Wednesday’s Al-Ayyat train accident, and EGP 3,000 for the injured. The number of injuries rose to 28 in the train accident near Al-Ayyat, Giza, which also left five dead, Medhat Shousha, chief of the Railway Authority told Daily News Egypt. Located more than 800 kilometres south of Cairo, Aswan trains are separated according to first-, second-, and third-class trains. The train that was involved in Wednesday’s accident was a third-class train. In 2012, under the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood regime, a train heading to Assiut hit a school bus, leaving 52 children dead.

Source: Daily News Egypt September 07, 2016 17:03 UTC