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BRUSSELS, June 3 (KUNA) -- The European Union (EU) Saturday expressed condolences to India after a train crash left at least 261 people dead and hundreds injured in India's eastern Odisha state Friday night.
"Terrible news from India. I express my deepest condolences to the families of the victims of the Odisha train accident and wish a speedy recovery to the injured," President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said in a message on her twitter account.
"The people of India are in our thoughts in this time of sorrow. Europe mourns with you," she added. (end)
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