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Syrian migrant identified among victims of Tempe train crash

Syrian migrant identified among victims of Tempe train crash

DNA tests have confirmed the identity of a man’s body found in the wreckage of the passenger train involved in the train collision near Tempe in central Greece on February 28 which killed 57 people.

The authorities said he was a migrant from Syria, without providing more details about his identity.

Fifty-six people have been confirmed dead and only one victim remains unaccounted for.

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