Reuters- At least 32 people were killed and 66 injured when two trains collided in central Egypt on Friday (March 26), the health ministry said.
Still images showed people gathering around derailed train carriages, several of them badly damaged, above a channel of water.
Egypt's railway authority said the two trains collided after emergency brakes were triggered by "unknown individuals" near the city of Sohag, about 365 km (230 miles) south of Cairo.
The brakes caused one of the trains to stop and the other to crash into it from behind, and the authority is conducting further investigations, it said.
The public prosecutor's office said it had ordered an investigation.
"The trains collided while going at not very high speeds, which led to the destruction of two carriages and a third to overturn," a security source told Reuters.
Casualties were being taken to hospitals and 36 ambulances were dispatched to the scene, the health ministry said.
Egypt has one of the oldest and largest rail networks in the region and accidents causing casualties are common.
