Mozambique Freight Train Derails, Kills Not Less Than 17

A Derail Train

Not less than 17 people were killed after a freight train carrying passengers and merchandise including coal derailed in Mozambique’s capital on Thursday, a railway company driver told Reuters on Friday.

The Mozambique Ports and Railways train derailed at about 1200 GMT. It was traveling from Maputo to neighboring Zimbabwe. No further details were available.
The company had no immediate comment.