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Urgent: At least 17 killed after freight train derails in Mozambique

Xinhua, February 20, 2015 Adjust font size:

At least 17 people were killed after a freight train carrying coal derailed Thursday in Mozambique's capital Maputo, a railway company confirmed Friday.

A driver from the company who declined to be named said the train was travelling from Maputo to neighbouring Zimbabwe.

The cause of the accident is still unknown. Endi