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6 People Killed in Morocco Train Derailment

by Reuters

   SIDI BOUKNADEL, MOROCCO --

   Six people were killed and about 80 injured when a train derailed near
   the Moroccan capital Rabat on Tuesday, officials said.

   The train derailed near Sidi Bouknadel, a town near Rabat, on the busy
   coastal line connecting the capital to the commercial hub of
   Casablanca.

   The cause of the accident was not immediately clear.

   A Reuters reporter at the site saw a train derailed near some
   industrial and residential buildings.