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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar and Steffie Banatvala

Lisbon funicular crash latest: Derailment that killed 16 is ‘one of biggest tragedies in Portugal’s history’, says PM

At least 16 people have died after Lisbon's Gloria funicular railway derailed and crashed into a building, also leaving at least 21 people injured, authorities said.

“This is one of the biggest human tragedies of our recent history,” Prime Minister Luís Montenegro said, as he revised the death toll to 16 after authorities previously said 17 had died.

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