Fatalities reported after Pakistani train derails

At least two people were killed and 30 injured when six carriages of a Pakistani passenger train derailed on Sunday and plunged…

At least two people were killed and 30 injured when six carriages of a Pakistani passenger train derailed on Sunday and plunged into a ravine.

Troops were working under searchlights to reach passengers trapped in the wreckage of the train travelling from Rawalpindi, a city adjoining the capital Islamabad, to the eastern city of Lahore.

A railways minister said up to 400 passengers could have been on the derailed carriages.

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