Portuguese authorities announced on Friday that 11 of the 16 people killed in this week’s crash of one of Lisbon’s popular funicular trains were foreign nationals.
Police reported that the victims included three Britons, two South Koreans, two Canadians, one Frenchwoman, one Swiss, one American, and one Ukrainian, alongside five Portuguese, in Wednesday’s tragedy. They added that–contrary to earlier reports–no German citizens were among the fatalities, although three Germans were injured, including a three-year-old child.
In all, about 20 people were injured, including at least 11 foreigners, the emergency services said.
On Friday, friends, relatives, and colleagues attended a memorial service for the victims at Lisbon’s São Roque Church.
Debris from the century-old Gloria funicular–which crashed into a building–was cleared overnight from Thursday to Friday, bringing a sense of normalcy back to the street where the accident occurred.
The exact cause of the crash is still unknown, but the Portuguese agency responsible for investigating air and rail accidents said it would publish its “first confirmed findings” later.
