Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed its deepest condolences and sincere sympathy to the families of the victims following a fatal train collision near Cairo on Sunday. The Kingdom affirmed its solidarity with the Egyptian government and people in the wake of the tragedy and wished a speedy recovery for the injured, according to the Saudi Press Agency.
At least seven people were killed and 112 injured when a train traveling from Giza to Fayoum struck the rear of another train heading from Cairo to Aswan in the El-Ayyat area of Giza Governorate, approximately 60 kilometers south of the capital. Egypt’s railway authority reported that the impact caused several carriages to derail and overturn onto adjacent agricultural land.