Unidentified Victims of Rail Fire Buried
Mourners wailed as more than 100 unidentified bodies were buried in a mass funeral in Cairo after Egypt’s worst railway disaster.
Last Wednesday, 363 people were killed when an overcrowded train en route from Cairo to Luxor burst into flames. Some passengers jumped to their deaths as the burning train cars traveled about four miles before stopping.
The government had postponed the service for a day to give relatives more time to try to identify their loved ones. Most of the passengers were burned beyond recognition.
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