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MFA has no information about Bulgarian citizens killed or injured in Odisha train collision

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No information about Bulgarian citizens injured in the tragic train incident in the Indian state of Odisha, has been received by the Bulgarian Embassy in Delhi. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in contact with the Bulgarian mission in Delhi and is monitoring the situation, the MFA said.

More than 280 people were killed and over 900 have been injured in a horrific train derailment that occurred on Friday evening in Odisha's Balasore. Rescuers found no more survivors in the overturned and mangled wreckage, AP reports.



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