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Several deaths as train derails in south-western Germany, sources say


Several people were killed and many others injured after a passenger train derailed in south-western Germany on Sunday, security sources said.

Federal police in Stuttgart, the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg, said earlier that several people had been injured.

The train derailed near the town of Riedlingen in Baden-Württemberg. Rescue crews were en route to the scene in a hilly, wooded area.

Officials have not said what might have caused the train to derail.

Rescue workers search for passengers in a derailed train. Several people have been killed and many others injured after a passenger train derailed in Biberach district between Zweifaltendorf and Zell in south-western Germany. Thomas Warnack/dpa

Rescue workers search for passengers in a derailed train. Several people have been killed and many others injured after a passenger train derailed in Biberach district between Zweifaltendorf and Zell in south-western Germany. Thomas Warnack/dpa


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