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  • Hijabi woman attacked on metro train in Canada, NCCM condemns

    Hijabi woman attacked on metro train in Canada, NCCM condemns

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    The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) has condemned a hate crime attack on a Hijabi-clad woman by a man on the evening of March 9 on a metro train in Canada

    The incident happened when the woman and her attackers were travelling in the metro between Vaughan Metropolitan Centre and Finch West on Line 1.

    In a statement, the NCCM called the attack an ‘out-and-out Islamophobic attack’.

    Describing the incident, the NCCM said the man approached the woman and asked her many questions about Muslims and Islam. “He then asked her a hypothetical question about what she would do if someone hit her head and got away with it,” adding, “you know what we do with people like you,” before pulling out a LARGE knife from his backpack.

    “I was just trying to get to Spadina station to meet with some friends. I never thought something like this could happen on public transit in front of all these people. The moment I saw him take out his knife, I ran and ran until I was out of breath and a stranger helped me. I’ve never been so afraid in my life. I hope the police find this man and take him into custody and get him some help, so he doesn’t do this to any other Muslim woman again,” said Sara (pseudonym for the privacy of the survivor).

    Stating such attacks as common in public transit, NCCM called for a change.

    “This is not the first time we have seen an Islamophobic attack on a Muslim woman who wears a hijab on public transit. There is a problem in this country where spaces that most Canadians take for granted simply aren’t safe for Muslim women and people of colour. The recent spate of attacks on the TTC is alarming. It’s time for a change,” the NCCM statement read.

    Toronto police said they are looking into the incident and efforts are on to nab the attacker.



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  • Elephant herd force Niligiri Mountain train to stop in middle of the track

    Elephant herd force Niligiri Mountain train to stop in middle of the track

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    Coimbatore: The Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR) train, which left from Mettupalayam near here, has to stop in the midway as a herd of elephants was standing across the railway track on Friday.

    The train left Mettupalayam at 7.30 AM and stopped between Hilolgrove and Aderley, as the driver noticed five elephants with a calf standing on the track, which had 138 passengers to Coonoor.

    The elephants standing on the track has become a regular scene during the summer season, moving in search of water, railway sources said.

    The alert driver stopped the train and left after half an hour, they said.

    The Forest department is taking measures to prevent the herd of elephants crossing the track, railway sources said.

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  • Death toll in Egypt’s train crash rises to four

    Death toll in Egypt’s train crash rises to four

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    Cairo: The casualty toll of the train derailment on Tuesday night in Qalyub, an Egyptian city about 23 km north of the capital Cairo, has risen to four killed and 23 injured, the authorities said on Wednesday.

    All the wounded had been transferred to three national hospitals, 11 of whom were released after receiving necessary treatment, according to the Egyptian health ministry, Xinhua news agency reported.

    The train went through the “closed semaphore” at the Qalyub Train Station in Qalyubia Governorate and headed toward a blocked railway before colliding with the protection at the end of the railway, the Egyptian National Railways said in a statement on Tuesday.

    As a result, the locomotive and the first carriage were derailed, the statement said, adding the Egyptian Transport Ministry formed a committee to investigate the accident.

    Meanwhile, Egypt’s Public Prosecutor also ordered an investigation into the Qalyub train collision.

    Egypt’s railway system has long been troubled by poorly maintained equipment and poor administration, which frequently results in train derailments and crashes. At least 32 people were killed in a train collision in 2021 in Tahta, a city in southern Egypt. Later that year, a train derailed in Qalyubia, killing 11.

    (Except for the headline, the story has not been edited by Siasat staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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  • 2 killed, 16 injured after train derails in Egypt

    2 killed, 16 injured after train derails in Egypt

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    Cairo: At least two people were killed and 16 others injured after a train derailed in Qalyub, a city in the Qalyubia Governorate about 23 km north of Egypt’s capital Cairo.

    Egypt’s Health Ministry said that 10 of the 16 injured people were receiving medical treatment at the Qalyub Specialist Hospital, adding that their injuries were not life-threatening, Xinhua news agency reported.

    The other six injured people were released after suffering minor injuries and bruises.

    Meanwhile, Egyptian National Railways said in a statement that the train went through the “closed semaphore” at the Qalyub Train Station and headed toward a blocked railway before colliding with the protection at the end of the railway.

    As a result, the locomotive and the first carriage were derailed, the statement said, adding the Egyptian Transportation Ministry formed a committee to investigate the accident.

    Meanwhile, Egypt’s Public Prosecutor also ordered an investigation into the Qalyub train collision.

    Egypt’s railway system has long been troubled by poorly maintained equipment and poor administration, which frequently results in train derailments and crashes. At least 32 people were killed in a train collision in 2021 in Tahta, a city in southern Egypt. Later that year, a train derailed in Qalyubia, killing 11 people.

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  • Greek prime minister apologizes over country’s deadliest train crash

    Greek prime minister apologizes over country’s deadliest train crash

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    Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Sunday apologized over the country’s deadliest train disaster and said he will ask Brussels for help to overhaul the country’s railway network as mass protests continued unabated. 

    “As prime minister, I owe everyone, but above all the relatives of the victims, a big SORRY,” Mitsotakis wrote on Facebook. “In the Greece of 2023, it is not possible for two trains to run on opposite sides of the same track without anyone noticing.”

    Two trains traveling at high speed in opposite directions on the same line collided head-on in Tempe in northern Greece on February 28, killing at least 57 people and injuring 85. A train with at least 350 on board including many university students hit a cargo train.

    “We can’t, won’t and shouldn’t hide behind human error,” added the prime minister. Mitsotakis previously said on March 1 that the disaster was “primarily down to a tragic human error.”

    The stationmaster for the city of Larissa faces charges of negligent homicide and admitted to some responsibility in his first court appearance on Sunday, according to Greek broadcaster ERT. 

    But Greece’s aging 2,550-kilometer rail network has been in desperate need of modernizing and has faced criticism for alleged mismanagement, unfit equipment and poor maintenance. 

    The deadly crash has prompted massive protests across the country about the government’s responsibility in the disaster as the first funerals of the victims were taking place. Thousands of people gathered on Sunday in front of the parliament in Athens, including several children. “This crime will not be covered up. We will be the voice of all the dead,” protesters chanted as they released black balloons into the sky.

    Clashes erupted between police and demonstrators during the protests in Athens, the country’s second-largest city of Thessaloniki and Larissa, the city where the accident took place, with police using tear gas and sound grenades.

    Protests have been staged over the last five days across the country and more have been called for the coming week. National rail services were halted as workers have been on strike since the crash.

    Mitsotakis, who is preparing for elections in the spring, has promised an independent expert committee will investigate the cause of the accident. He also said he will ask the European Commission and other EU capitals for help. 

    “I will immediately ask the European Commission and friendly countries for their contribution to know-how so that we can finally obtain modern trains,” said Mitsotakis. “And I will fight for additional community funding to quickly maintain and upgrade the existing network.”

    In the meantime, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into a contract for the upgrade of the signaling system and remote control on the Greek railway.

    “I can confirm that the EPPO has indeed an ongoing investigation, looking exclusively into possible damages to the financial interests in the EU,” an EPPO spokesperson told POLITICO, without providing any details regarding the “ongoing investigations in order not to endanger their outcome.”

    The Greek government quickly announced the formation of an experts’ committee to investigate the deadly train collision, causing strong reactions from the opposition who said the move doesn’t have cross-party approval and aims to take over the judicial investigation.

    “It is not possible for the person being audited to be an auditor at the same time,” main opposition party Syriza said in a statement.

    One member of the experts’ committee already has resigned.



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  • Man Killed After Hit By Moving Train in Pattan Baramulla

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    Srinagar, Feb 28 (GNS): A man was killed after getting hit by a moving train along Pattan-Hamray railway station in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district this morning, officials said.

    They told GNS that the man identified as Mohammad Hafizullah Ganai (40) son of Mohammad Akbar Ganai a resident of Chenderhama Pattan was hit and subsequently run over by the train on way from Banihal to Baramulla, resulting in his instant death.

    Confirming it, a police official told GNS that a case under relevant sections of law has been registered in this regard. (GNS)

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  • Man Killed After Hit By Train

    Man Killed After Hit By Train

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    SRINAGAR: An unidentified man was killed after getting hit by a moving train along Pattan-Hamray railway station in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district this morning, officials said.

    They said that the man was hit and subsequently run over by the train on way from Banihal to Baramulla, resulting in his instant death.

    Confirming it, a police official told that they are ascertaining the identity of the deceased individual. (GNS)

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  • Unidentified Man Killed After Hit By Moving Train in Pattan Baramulla

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    Srinagar, Feb 28: An unidentified man was killed after getting hit by a moving train along Pattan-Hamray railway station in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district this morning, officials said.

    They told GNS that the man was hit and subsequently run over by the train on way from Banihal to Baramulla, resulting in his instant death.

    Confirming it, a police official told GNS that they are ascertaining the identity of the deceased individual. (GNS)

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  • Oversight Republicans are launching an investigation into the Department of Transportation’s handling of a toxic train derailment in Ohio. 

    Oversight Republicans are launching an investigation into the Department of Transportation’s handling of a toxic train derailment in Ohio. 

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    Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has come under criticism for his response.

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  • Overheating wheel detected too late to stop Ohio train before it derailed

    Overheating wheel detected too late to stop Ohio train before it derailed

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    By then, the engineer was already trying to slow the train. Upon hearing the alarm, the engineer increased the application of the brakes, and then automatic emergency brakes initiated, bringing the train to a stop.

    When it stopped, the crew “observed fire and smoke and notified the Cleveland East dispatcher of a possible derailment,” the report said.

    Thirty-eight cars derailed and 12 more were damaged in the ensuing fire.

    NTSB is continuing to investigate the wheelset and bearing, the design of the tank cars themselves, the accident response, including the venting and burning of the vinyl chloride, railcar design and maintenance procedures and practices, Norfolk Southern’s use of wayside defect detectors, and Norfolk Southern’s railcar inspection practices.

    NTSB will brief reporters Thursday afternoon about the report.

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