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Bissau expresses solidarity with Spain after rail collision kills 69

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Guinea-Bissau’s transitional Prime Minister, Ilídio Vieira Té, offered his condolences to Spain after a collision between two high-speed trains killed 69 people and injured dozens. In an official message, he expressed his government’s solidarity with the victims and their families, according to the ANG news agency.

Guinea-Bissau’s transitional Prime Minister, Ilídio Vieira Té, expressed his country’s solidarity with Spain after a collision between two high-speed trains killed 69 people and injured dozens. In an official message sent to the press on 29 October, he offered condolences to the victims’ families and wished the injured a speedy recovery, the ANG news agency reports.

The collision occurred on Wednesday 28 October. Guinea-Bissau also expressed its solidarity with the Spanish authorities and people.

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