9 Killed Including 5 Sudanese in Bus Crash in Southern Egypt

9 Killed Including 5 Sudanese in Bus Crash in Southern Egypt
Buildings in the southern Egyptian city of Aswan on April 6, 2014. Ahmed El-Moghrabi/AFP via Getty Images
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CAIRO—Nine people including five Sudanese citizens were killed and 43 people were injured in a road collision in southern Egypt early on Thursday, a senior health ministry official said.

Of those injured, 40 were thought to be Sudanese, though identification procedures were ongoing, said health ministry undersecretary Ehab Hanafi.