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Catarina Fernandes Martins in Lisbon

‘Someone needs to answer for what happened’: Lisbon reacts to streetcar crash that killed 16

A wreath of flowers and a balloon left beside the site of the accident involving a derailed tourist streetcar, while a police officer stands guard in the foreground
A wreath of flowers and a balloon left beside the site of the accident involving a derailed tourist streetcar that left 16 dead and 21 injured Photograph: Pedro Nunes/Reuters

António Azevedo was in central Lisbon early on Wednesday evening, waiting to gather enough tourists for a ride in his tuk-tuk, when he heard what sounded like dozens of glass containers being dropped into rubbish trucks.

The driver looked around Restauradores Square but saw no trucks, only smoke rising from the lower station of the Elevador da Glória funicular railway, 100 metres from where his vehicle was parked.

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