Estonian formin offers condolences to Spanish colleague over rail disaster

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Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet sent a message of condolences to Spanish counterpart Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo in connection with the devastating train crash Wednesday night.

«I extend profound condolences to the next of kin and friends of the victims and the injured and all affected by the accident,» the minister's message said.

At least 77 people died and 143 were injured as a train derailed near Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain on Wednesday night.

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