Spain rules out sabotage in deadly Adamus train crash

Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska dismissed sabotage as a factor in the inquiry into a high-speed train crash over the weekend that claimed at least 41 lives.

Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said at a press conference following the weekly cabinet meeting that sabotage was never considered, and from the outset, the focus had been on technical issues related to railway transport, Caliber.Az reports per foreign media.

"There has never been any element suggesting otherwise," he added.

The death toll from the train collision in Adamus, Spain, on January 18 has risen to 41, authorities confirmed. The crash involved an Iryo train from Malaga to Madrid and an Alvia service from Huelva, with a combined total of nearly 500 passengers.

Thirty-nine people were injured, including four children, with 13 adults in intensive care, while 43 passengers remain missing. The Spanish government has declared three days of national mourning.

By Aghakazim Guliyev