The Pope asks to pray for the victims of the rail accident in India that left more than 250 dead

He Pope Francisco asked to pray for thenumerous victims” of the train accident of the Indiawhich left 275 dead and more than a thousand injured in the east of the country, the worst rail accident of the 21st century in the Asian giant.

“I assure you of my prayers for the numerous victims of the train accident that occurred two days ago in the India. I am close to the wounded and their families. May our heavenly Father welcome the souls of the deceased into his kingdom”, he implored after praying the Angelus in the Saint Peter’s Square.

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Before the assembled faithful, about 20,000 according to the Holy Seethe Pope also asked for “the peoples tested by the scourge of war”.

“Especially to the dear and tormented Ukraine”, he added.

On Saturday, the Pope Francisco He already expressed in a statement his “deep sadness” over Friday’s rail accident in India, a country he intends to travel to next year.

The Indian authorities reported 275 dead and more than a thousand injured in the worst rail accident in two decades in the Asian country, when three trains collided in the eastern state of odisha.

The accident occurred when a first passenger train that covered the route between the cities of Shalimarin calcuttaand Chennaiin the southern state of Tamil Naduderailed, whereupon a second train moving from yeswanthpurin bangaloreuntil Howrahin calcuttacollided with him.

A third freight train was also involved, although the authorities have launched an investigation and have not yet clarified the reason for the event.

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According to the Indian Railways Minister, Ashwini Vaishnawa failure in the electronic interlock or automatic system was responsible for the crash.

This is the worst rail accident to hit India in more than two decades, after the August 1999 crash of two trains in the north-eastern state of west bengal left 288 dead. Some 800 people died in 1981 when a train derailed while crossing a bridge and plunged into a river in the northern state of Bihar.

Source: Elcomercio

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