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Remembering the Victims of the Cairo Railway Station Fire

March 1, 2019

On Wednesday morning, the Egyptian public was hit with tragic and graphic photos and videos of the victims of the train collision in Cairo’s Ramsees Railway Station. At least 20 people were killed and 41 others were injured when a blaze broke out in Cairo’s Ramses Railway Station following the crash. The death toll rose from 20 to 22, after two of the injured died in hospital on Thursday, according to Egypt’s Minister of Health Hala Zayed. Many of the victims still remain unidentified, as DNA tests need to be taken to identify the charred remains of the victims. Egyptian Streets takes a look at some of the victims that were identified since the collision. BISHOY FATHI KAMEL Dr. Bishoy Fathi Kamel, a dentist from the province of Aswan, died in the train accident on Wednesday. “He arrived from Aswan to Cairo to attend a conference at the Doctors’ Syndicate, and the last contact we had with him was at 9 am with my sister,” says Carlos, brother of Bishoy’s fiancée for Al Masry Al Youm. “I arrived, my love” was the last words he said to his fiancée, Mariam…


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