More Than 100 Die When Train Strikes Mine in Angola

August 14, 2001 - 0:0
LUANDA -- More than 100 people were killed when a train struck an anti-tank mine in Cuanza Norte Province, east of the Angolan capital, the government daily ***Jornal de Angola*** reported Monday. The report updated previous figures which indicated that 91 people were killed and 146 injured in the incident Friday. The paper blamed the incident on Angolan rebels from the Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). It said they had also fired on passengers trying to extricate themselves from the train's carriages after it derailed and had killed some. State radio reported that a commission of enquiry was at the scene, and said it was possible that the toll could rise. It said 140 people had been injured.