Egyptian train crash death toll rises to 51

A speeding train that crashed into a bus carrying Egyptian children to their kindergarten killed 51 and prompted a wave of anger against a government under mounting pressure to rectify the former regime’s legacy of neglect.

A speeding train that crashed into a bus carrying Egyptian children to their kindergarten killed 51 and prompted a wave of anger against a government under mounting pressure to rectify the former regime’s legacy of neglect.

The crash, which killed children between four and six years old and three adults, led to local protests and accusations from outraged Egyptians that President Mohammed Morsi is failing to deliver on the demands of last year’s uprising for basic rights, dignity and social justice.

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