Passenger trains collide in Egypt, at least 12 dead

Twelve people have been killed and a further 22 injured in a collision between two trains in Egypt, according to local media reports.

The incident reportedly occurred outside a train station in Kom Hamada, in the El Beheira Governorate, a coastal area in the north. A spokesperson for the minister of health was earlier cited by Egyptian media as saying 10 people were killed and 15 injured, with the victims of the collision transferred to hospitals near the scene of the accident.