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Spain declares 3 days of mourning for train crash

Updated: 2013-07-25 20:07
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Spain declares 3 days of mourning for train crash

Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (2nd L) walks with Development Minister Ana Pastor (bottom) and Galician regional president Alberto Nunez Feijoo (L) as they tour the wreckage of a train crash near Santiago de Compostela, northwestern Spain, July 25, 2013. [Photo/Agencies]

MADRID - Spain's Prime minister Mariano Rajoy on Thursday said he would declare three days of official mourning after a train derailed in the northwestern region of Galicia, killing at least 78 people and injuring up to 131.

"I will sign a decree to declare three days of official mourning in all Spain," Rajoy told journalists after visiting the Santiago de Compostela hospital where most victims were taken.

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