Qatar offers sympathy to Turkey in wake of crash

By Serdar Bitmez

DOHA, Qatar (AA) - Qatar’s leader on Thursday offered his condolences to Turkey’s president for a deadly train crash in the capital, Ankara.

Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent a condolence message to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to Qatar News Agency (QNA).

He extended condolences to families of those who lost their lives in the high-speed train crash.

At least nine people were killed and 47 others injured early Thursday when the train crashed into a pilot engine on the same rails, causing a pedestrian overpass to collapse onto train cars.

The train was en route to Konya in central Turkey.