Merz offers condolences to relatives after train accident
"We mourn the victims. I extend my condolences to their relatives," the conservative politician wrote on the platform X.
"I am in close contact with the interior minister and the transport minister and have asked them to support the rescue forces by all means," Merz wrote further.
A regional train derailed near the town of Riedlingen in Baden-Württemberg early on Sunday evening.
Current information from the police investigation is that three people lost their lives. Other travellers are said to be critically injured.
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