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One dead, 12 injured as cargo train derails in Mozambique

By AFP
Mozambique File photo shows a train approaching Muanza station on the Sena Line, some 100 kms north of Beira, Mozambique on November 3, 2010.  By Gianluigi Guercia AFPFile
FEB 20, 2015 LISTEN
File photo shows a train approaching Muanza station on the Sena Line, some 100 kms north of Beira, Mozambique on November 3, 2010. By Gianluigi Guercia (AFP/File)

Maputo (AFP) - At least one person was killed and 12 wounded when a cargo train laden with coal derailed in Mozambique on Thursday, the operating company said Friday.

Compagnie Ferroviaire du Mozambique (CFM) said the accident occurred 146 kilometres (90 miles) north of the capital Maputo, along a line linking the city and neighbouring Zimbabwe.

The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital in the town of Magude.

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