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The number of victims of the train crash in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached 74 people, the country’s health minister said. More than 163 people are also reported injured .

“There are 74 dead on Sunday night” and a further 163 injured, minister Felix Kabange Mukwapa told AFP, adding that about 20 bodies had been recovered from under one of two carriages that overturned and was still lying on the tracks five days after the accident.

The tragedy occurred April 22 in the Haut-Katanga Province known for its major mining enterprises. A freight train carrying several dozens of people has derailed.

Congo’s infrastructure is in tatters after decades of neglect and conflict. People struggle to travel the vast nation which is roughly the size of western Europe, Reuters said in a video report.