UPDATE - At least 32 dead, 108 hurt in Egypt train collision

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By Diana Chalhoub and Said Ibicioglu

CAIRO (AA) – At least 32 people were killed and 108 injured in Egypt on Friday in a collision between two passenger trains, the Health Ministry said in a statement.

The crash took place near the Al-Ibrahimiyya area in Egypt’s Sohag Governorate, according to government-affiliated daily Akhbar al-Youm.

The dead and wounded were taken to state hospitals in Sohag immediately after the crash.

After announcing an investigation committee was being formed, the country’s railways authority said the crash took place when one of the trains stopped short after emergency brakes were pulled by persons unknown.

On social media, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi promised to punish anyone who caused the accident through negligence, corruption, or abuse, without exception or delay.

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and the ministers of transport, education, local development and social solidarity also traveled to Sohag after the deadly crash, according to a Cabinet statement.

*Writing by Ali Abo Rezeg and Zehra Nur Duz