Deadly train crash hits Cameroon

Yaounde,  31 Aug-(ANA)-At least five people have been killed and more than 275 others injured in a train crash near Cameroon's capital, Yaounde.

Officials said that a passenger train carrying about 1,000 people derailed north of the city.

Rescuers are searching for survivors and say the death toll could rise.

On Friday a fuel train derailed south of Yaounde, killing at least one person and starting a blaze that took four hours to put out.

"These two days have been very unfortunate for our national railway carrier," said Communications Minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary. (ANA)

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