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11 March, 2026 / 05:16

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Chisinau Foreign Ministry referring to Spain train crash: no confirmation of Moldovan citizens involved

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports that, at this time, there is no official information confirming the presence of any citizens of the Republic of Moldova among the victims of the railway accident that occurred on Sunday in the locality of Adamuz, Spain, where two trains collided.

According to the institution, the case is being monitored by the Embassy of the Republic of Moldova in the Kingdom of Spain, which is maintaining contact with local authorities to identify any potentially affected persons.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs notes that it will provide additional details as soon as official information becomes available and is confirmed. A railway accident involving two high‑speed trains on Sunday left at least 35 dead and around 70 seriously injured in southern Spain. According to the Spanish authorities, a train operated by the company Iryo, which departed from Malaga in Andalusia (south) bound for Madrid, derailed near Adamuz, approximately 200 km north of Malaga, colliding with a train of the national company Renfe that was traveling in the opposite direction on an adjacent line toward Huelva. The force of the impact between the trains, which were carrying hundreds of passengers, was such that it threw the first two carriages of the Renfe train off the tracks.

According to the Spanish press, more than 300 people were on the Iryo train and over 100 on the other train, Renfe.

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