Egypt Train Crash Leaves 19 Dead as Critics Assail Mursi

Egypt’s Islamist president vowed to hold accountable those responsible for a train crash in Cairo’s outskirts that killed 19 security forces as the incident provided new ammunition for his critics.

The accident, which comes about two months after another train smashed into a school bus in southern Egypt, killing 50 children, was the fifth such occurrence since Mohamed Mursi’s election in June, the state-run Ahram Gate reported. The deaths of the children led to the resignation of the transportation minister, who was replaced two weeks ago in a Cabinet reshuffle.