From: Biniam Haile \(SWE\) (eritrea.lave@comhem.se)
Date: Mon Jul 27 2009 - 17:14:46 EDT
Middle East Online
Thirteen killed in Djibouti derailment
First Published 2009-07-27
Freight train transporting livestock derails near Holl-Holl, killing 13
people, wounding 24 others.
DJIBOUTI - A freight train derailed in southern Djibouti, killing 13
people and injuring 24, state-run media reported Monday.
Hangers-on were riding the train, which was transporting livestock, when
the accident occurred near the town of Holl-Holl on Sunday, the ADI news
agency said, quoting the emergency services. An investigation into its
cause has been ordered.
Holl-Holl is a stop along the railway that was constructed in the 19th
century to link Djibouti with Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa.
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