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Seven dead and more than 100 injured after trains collide in Egypt
Footage shows derailed train carriages near Giza in Egypt
At least seven people have died in a train crash near the Egyptian city of Giza, with more than 100 injured.
The country's railway authority said two trains travelling south from Giza and Cairo collided, causing several carriages to derail and fall down an embankment.
Images from the scene showed people looking inside overturned carriages for injured passengers as a massive emergency response was launched.
Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi said he had ordered state authorities to "investigate the circumstances of the accident, and hold accountable anyone found to have been negligent".
The public prosecutor's office warned the death toll could rise.
Uninjured passengers and passersby searched derailed carriages for injured people
The government said hospitals in the area had been put "on heightened alert" as they dealt with a massive influx of patients.
Egypt's health minister Dr Khaled Abdel Ghaffar said people were being treated for broken bones and head injuries.
The driver of one of the trains was among those who died in the crash, the ministry confirmed.