Migrants from Somalia and Afghanistan hit by train in Macedonia
At least 14 migrants from Somalia and Afghanistan were killed near the central city of Veles in Macedonia. They were hit by a train as they walked through a canyon, trying to reach western Europe.
The accident happened at 10:30 p.m. local time (20:30 UTC) on Thursday, when an international train from the southern Macedonian border town of Gevgelija to the Serbian capital, Belgrade, ploughed into the group of migrants, in a gorge at Pcinja, 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of the capital Skopje.
“The driver saw a large group, dozens of people. He took action to stop the train, also used the siren, at which point some people left the track. However, the train was unable to stop before hitting and running over some of them,” the prosecutor said in a statement.
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