A military train carrying young recruits to army camp derailed in a Cairo suburb on Tuesday (January 15), killing 17 people and injuring 103, Egypt's health ministry spokesman said.<br/> <br />The train was travelling from Upper Egypt to Cairo when it derailed in the Giza neighbourhood of Badrashin, a security source said, adding the train was a military vehicle carrying conscripted youth on their way to an army camp.<br/> <br />Large crowds could be seen gathered around the site of the accident, looking for casualties through the wreckage in the dark.<br/> <br />Officials said the injured passengers were taken to hospitals.<br/> <br />There was no further information available about the 17 dead.<br/> <br />Egypt's roads and railways have a poor safety record, and Egyptians have long complained that successive governments have failed to enforce even basic safeguards, leading to a string of deadly crashes.
