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10 killed in bus crash in Egypt

Published : 13 Apr 2022, 22:14

  DF News Desk
Photo taken on April 13, 2022 shows a tourist bus on fire after hit by a lorry in Aswan, Egypt. Photo: Xinhua by Ahmed al-Afyouni.

Ten people were killed in a bus crash in southern Egypt on Wednesday, a spokesperson with the governor's office of Aswan Province told Xinhua.

Five Egyptians and five tourists, including four French and one Belgian, died after a tourist bus heading to Aswan Province was hit by a lorry, according to the spokesperson.

More than a dozen French and Belgian tourists had broken bones and bruises after the accident, and they were taken to a local hospital for treatment and are now in stable condition, the spokesperson said.