Saturday 27 July 2013

Peristiwa penting dalam Pergolakan Mesir dan Pemberontakan . . .

Photo: AP Penyokong Mesir Presiden Mohammed Morsi yang digulingkan membawa seorang lelaki yang cedera ke hospital berikutan medan pertempuran dengan pasukan keselamatan di Nasr City, di mana penunjuk perasaan pro-Morsi telah mengadakan berminggu-lama ‘Sit-in’, di Kaherah, Mesir, Sabtu 27 Julai, 2013 . Polis melepaskan gas pemedih mata untuk menyuraikan beratus-ratus penyokong Morsi, mencetuskan pertempuran yang berlangsung selama berjam-jam dan meninggalkan puluhan orang mati – think in pictures @1WORLDCommunity)

MADAyuMadyan - CAIRO (AP) ‘Peristiwa penting dalam Pergolakan Mesir dan Pemberontakan’ Pertempuran meletus awal pagi di Kaherah antara pasukan keselamatan dan penyokong Mesir menggulingkan Presiden Mohammed Morsi, membunuh sekurang-kurangnya 38 penunjuk perasaan.

Berikut adalah beberapa peristiwa penting dari lebih daripada dua tahun kegawatan dan peralihan di Mesir:

25 Jan-Feb. 11, 2011 - demonstrasi peringkat Mesir di seluruh negara terhadap pemerintahan Presiden Hosni Mubarak. Beratus-ratus penunjuk perasaan yang terbunuh sebagai Mubarak dan sekutu-sekutunya cuba untuk menghancurkan kebangkitan.

11 Feb - Mubarak berundur dan bertukar kuasa kepada tentera. Tentera larut parlimen dan menggantung perlembagaan, memenuhi dua tuntutan utama penunjuk perasaan.

Nov 28, 2011-Feb 15, 2012 - Mesir memegang berbilang, weekslong pilihan raya parlimen. Di rumah legislatif yang lebih rendah, Ikhwan Muslimin menang hampir separuh kerusi, dan Salafi ultraconservative mengambil suku lain. Selebihnya pergi kepada ahli-ahli politik liberal, bebas dan sekular. Di rumah atas sebahagian besarnya tidak berkuasa, Islam mengambil masa hampir 90% peratus daripada kerusi.

Mei 23-24, 2012 - pusingan pertama pengundian dalam pilihan raya presiden mempunyai bidang daripada 13 calon. Morsi dan Ahmed Shafiq, perdana menteri terakhir di bawah Mubarak, muncul sebagai 2 ‘finishers’ atas, untuk menghadapi satu sama lain dalam aliran a.

14 Jun - Supreme perintah Mahkamah Perlembagaan yang membubarkan Dewan Rakyat Parlimen.

16-17 Jun - Mesir mengundi larian presiden antara Morsi dan Shafiq. Morsi menang dengan 51.7% peratus undi.

30 Jun - Morsi mengangkat sumpah jawatannya.

19 Nov - Ahli-ahli parti-parti liberal dan wakil-wakil gereja Mesir menarik diri daripada perhimpunan 100 ahli menulis perlembagaan, membantah cubaan oleh Islam untuk mengenakan akan mereka.

22 Nov - Morsi unilateral dekri kuasa yang lebih untuk dirinya sendiri, memberi imuniti keputusan dari semakan kehakiman dan sekatan mahkamah daripada membubarkan Dewan Undangan konstituen dan rumah atas parlimen. Langkah itu bunga api hari protes.

30 November - Islam dalam perhimpunan konstituen tergesa-gesa untuk menyiapkan draf perlembagaan. Morsi menetapkan tarikh 15 Disember untuk referendum.

4 Disember - Lebih daripada 100,000 penunjuk perasaan berarak di istana presiden, menuntut pembatalan referendum dan penulisan perlembagaan baru. Keesokan harinya, Islam menyerang anti-Morsi duduk dalam, mencetuskan pertempuran jalanan yang meninggalkan sekurang-kurangnya 10 mati.

Disember 15, Disember 22 - Dalam referendum 2 pusingan, Mesir meluluskan perlembagaan, dengan 63.8% peratus mengundi memihak. Keluar mengundi adalah rendah.

25 Januari 2013 - Beratus-ratus ribu mengadakan bantahan terhadap Morsi pada ulang tahun ke 2 tahun permulaan pemberontakan terhadap Mubarak, dan pertempuran meletus di banyak tempat.

Februari-Mac 2013 - Protes kemarahan di Port Said dan bandar-bandar lain selama beberapa minggu, dengan berpuluh-puluh lagi mati dalam pertempuran.

7 April - Mob Islam menyerang gereja utama Gereja Ortodoks Koptik sebagai orang Kristian mengadakan upacara pengebumian dan bantahan terdapat lebih 4 Kristian terbunuh dalam keganasan sektarian hari sebelum. Pope Tawadros II terbuka menyalahkan Morsi kerana gagal untuk melindungi bangunan.

23 Jun - Mob berdegup mati 4 Syiah Mesir di sebuah kampung di pinggir Kaherah.

30 Jun - Berjuta-juta orang Mesir menunjukkan, memanggil Morsi untuk berundur. 8 orang terbunuh dalam pertempuran di luar ibu pejabat Kaherah Ikhwan Muslim.

1 Julai - Demonstrasi besar berterusan, dan tentera yang berkuasa Mesir memberikan presiden dan pembangkang 48 jam untuk menyelesaikan pertikaian mereka, atau ia akan mengenakan penyelesaian sendiri.

2 Julai - pegawai tentera mendedahkan butiran utama pelan tentera jika tiada persetujuan dicapai: menggantikan Morsi dengan pentadbiran interim, membatalkan perlembagaan Islam berasaskan dan memanggil pilihan raya dalam setahun. Morsi menyampaikan ucapan lewat malam di mana beliau berjanji untuk mempertahankan kesahihan dan ikrar untuk tidak meletak jawatan.

3 Julai - ketua tentera Mesir mengumumkan bahawa Morsi telah dipecat, akan digantikan oleh Ketua Hakim Mahkamah Perlembagaan Agung sehingga pilihan raya presiden baru. Tiada tempoh masa yang diberikan. Pemimpin Ikhwan Muslimin yang ditangkap.

4 Julai - Mahkamah Agung Perlembagaan Ketua Hakim Adly Mansour mengangkat sumpah sebagai presiden interim Mesir.

5 Julai - Mansour larut rumah atas yang Islam yang didominasi parlimen sebagai penyokong peringkat bantahan besar-besaran Morsi itu menuntut kembali. Pertempuran antara pro-dan anti-kumpulan Morsi di Kaherah dan Alexandria, dan keganasan di tempat lain meninggalkan sekurang-kurangnya 36 yang mati. Orang kuat Ikhwan, timbalan ketua Khairat el-Shater, ditangkap.

8 Julai - tentera Mesir api terbuka demonstran Ikhwan Muslimin di hadapan pangkalan tentera di Kaherah, membunuh lebih daripada 50. Masing-masing pihak menyalahkan yang lain untuk memulakan pertembungan. Ikhwan menyeru pemberontakan menentang tentera. Mansour meletakkan ke hadapan satu garis masa bagi meminda perlembagaan dan memilih presiden baru dan Parlimen pada pertengahan bulan Februari. Ikhwan enggan untuk mengambil bahagian dalam proses.

9 Julai - Mansour melantik ekonomi Hazem el-Beblawi sebagai perdana menteri dan ketua pembangkang Mohamed ElBaradei sebagai naib presiden. Satu pengumuman tentera punggung pelantikan.

26 Julai - Berjuta-juta tuangkan ke dalam jalan-jalan Mesir dalam demonstrasi saingan selepas panggilan oleh ketua tentera negara itu untuk penunjuk perasaan untuk memberi dia mandat untuk menghentikan "potensi keganasan" oleh penyokong Ikhwan Muslimin Morsi itu. 5 orang yang terbunuh dalam pertempuran. Pendakwa mengumumkan Morsi sedang disiasat untuk pelbagai dakwaan termasuk pembunuhan dan konspirasi dengan kumpulan militan Palestin Hamas.

27 Julai - Pertempuran di waktu awal pagi antara pasukan keselamatan dan penyokong Morsi membunuh sekurang-kurangnya 38 penunjuk perasaan di Kaherah.

Photo: AP Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi carry an injured man to a field hospital following clashes with security forces at Nasr City, where pro-Morsi protesters have held a weeks-long sit-in, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, July 27, 2013. Police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of Morsi supporters, setting off clashes that lasted for hours and left tens of people dead – think in pictures @1WORLDCommunity)

Key events in Egypt's uprising and unrest

MADAyuMadyan - CAIRO (AP) Clashes erupted early Saturday in Cairo between security forces and supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi, killing at least 38 protesters.

Here are some key events from more than two years of turmoil and transition in Egypt:

Jan. 25-Feb. 11, 2011- Egyptians stage nationwide demonstrations against the rule of President Hosni Mubarak. Hundreds of protesters are killed as Mubarak and his allies try to crush the uprising.

Feb. 11 - Mubarak steps down and turns power over to the military. The military dissolves parliament and suspends the constitution, meeting two key demands of protesters.

Nov. 28, 2011-Feb 15, 2012 - Egypt holds multistage, weekslong parliamentary elections. In the lawmaking lower house, the Muslim Brotherhood wins nearly half the seats, and ultraconservative Salafis take another quarter. The remainder goes to liberal, independent and secular politicians. In the largely powerless upper house, Islamists take nearly 90 percent of the seats.

May 23-24, 2012 - The first round of voting in presidential elections has a field of 13 candidates. Morsi and Ahmed Shafiq, the last prime minister under Mubarak, emerge as the top two finishers, to face each other in a runoff.

June 14 - The Supreme Constitutional Court orders the dissolving of the lower house of parliament.

June 16-17 - Egyptians vote in the presidential runoff between Morsi and Shafiq. Morsi wins with 51.7 percent of the vote.

June 30 - Morsi takes his oath of office.

Nov. 19 - Members of liberal parties and representatives of Egypt's churches withdraw from the 100-member assembly writing the constitution, protesting attempts by Islamists to impose their will.

Nov. 22 - Morsi unilaterally decrees greater powers for himself, giving his decisions immunity from judicial review and barring the courts from dissolving the constituent assembly and the upper house of parliament. The move sparks days of protests.

Nov. 30 - Islamists in the constituent assembly rush to complete the draft of the constitution. Morsi sets a Dec. 15 date for a referendum.

Dec. 4 - More than 100,000 protesters march on the presidential palace, demanding the cancellation of the referendum and the writing of a new constitution. The next day, Islamists attack an anti-Morsi sit-in, sparking street battles that leave at least 10 dead.

Dec. 15, Dec. 22 - In the two-round referendum, Egyptians approve the constitution, with 63.8 percent voting in favor. Turnout is low.

Jan. 25, 2013 - Hundreds of thousands hold protests against Morsi on the 2-year anniversary of the start of the revolt against Mubarak, and clashes erupt in many places.

Feb.-March 2013 - Protests rage in Port Said and other cities for weeks, with dozens more dying in clashes.

April 7 - A Muslim mob attacks the main cathedral of the Coptic Orthodox Church as Christians hold a funeral and protest there over four Christians killed in sectarian violence the day before. Pope Tawadros II publicly blames Morsi for failing to protect the building.

June 23 - A mob beats to death four Egyptian Shiites in a village on the outskirts of Cairo. June 30 - Millions of Egyptians demonstrate, calling for Morsi to step down. Eight people are killed in clashes outside the Muslim Brotherhood's Cairo headquarters.

July 1 - Huge demonstrations continue, and Egypt's powerful military gives the president and the opposition 48 hours to resolve their disputes, or it will impose its own solution.

July 2 - Military officials disclose main details of the army's plan if no agreement is reached: replacing Morsi with an interim administration, canceling the Islamist-based constitution and calling elections in a year. Morsi delivers a late-night speech in which he pledges to defend his legitimacy and vows not to step down.

July 3 - Egypt's military chief announces that Morsi has been deposed, to be replaced by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court until new presidential elections. No time frame is given. Muslim Brotherhood leaders are arrested.

July 4 - Supreme Constitutional Court Chief Justice Adly Mansour is sworn in as Egypt's interim president.

July 5 - Mansour dissolves the Islamist-dominated upper house of parliament as Morsi's supporters stage mass protests demanding his return. Clashes between pro- and anti-Morsi groups in Cairo and Alexandria, and violence elsewhere leave at least 36 dead. A Brotherhood strongman, deputy head Khairat el-Shater, is arrested.

July 8 - Egyptian soldiers open fire on Muslim Brotherhood demonstrators in front of a military base in Cairo, killing more than 50. Each side blames the other for starting the clash. The Brotherhood calls for an uprising against the military. Mansour puts forward a time line for amending the constitution and electing a new president and parliament by mid-February. The Brotherhood refuses to participate in the process.

July 9 - Mansour appoints economist Hazem el-Beblawi as prime minister and opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei as vice president. A military announcement backs up the appointments.

July 26 - Millions pour into the streets of Egypt in rival demonstrations after a call by the country's military chief for protesters to give him a mandate to stop "potential terrorism" by supporters of Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood. Five people are killed in clashes. Prosecutors announce Morsi is under investigation for a host of allegations including murder and conspiracy with the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

July 27 - Clashes in the early morning hours between security forces and Morsi supporters kill at least 38 protesters in Cairo.

Pemandu Kereta Api Sepanyol yg disyaki Pembunuhan Cuai

Photo: AP Sebuah kereta api penumpang lulus bangkai kereta api di Santiago de Compostela, Sepanyol, Sabtu Julai 27, 2013. Sepanyol dalaman menteri Jorge Fernandez Diaz berkata pemandu yang memandu laju kereta terhempas, membunuh 78 orang, kini ditahan kerana disyaki pembunuhan cuai. Kereta api Sepanyol tergelincir pada kelajuan tinggi Rabu membunuh 78 dan mencederakan berpuluh-puluh lagi  – think in pictures @1WORLDCommunity)

MADAyuMadyan - Santiago de Compostela, Sepanyol (AP) ‘Pemandu kereta api Sepanyol yang disyaki pembunuhan cuai’ Menteri Dalam Negeri Sepanyol mengumumkan pada Sabtu bahawa pemandu yang memandu laju terhempas gerabak, membunuh 78 orang, kini ditahan kerana disyaki pembunuhan cuai.

Menteri Dalam Negeri Jorge Fernandez Diaz mengumumkan langkah terhadap Francisco Jose Garzon Amo, yang sebelum ini telah ditahan kerana disyaki perbuatan melulu selepas kemalangan Rabu di Santiago de Compostela.

"Terdapat bukti rasional untuk membawa kita untuk berfikir bahawa pemandu boleh mempunyai tanggungjawab akhirnya," kata menteri itu kepada pemberita di balai polis di bandar ini. Fernandez Diaz juga berkata Garzon, 52, telah keluar dari hospital, dibawa ke balai polis dan akan hadir di hadapan seorang hakim petang Ahad.

Garzon mempunyai hak untuk berdiam diri, "walaupun dia boleh pada itu menukar fikiran," kata menteri itu. Tuduhan semakin jatuh pada pemandu, dengan agensi kereta api di negara ini berkata ia adalah tanggungjawab beliau untuk brek sebelum pergi ke keluk yang berisiko tinggi di mana kereta api jatuh dari landasan dan merempuh dinding. Tetapi ia masih tidak jelas sama ada brek gagal atau tidak pernah digunakan, dan pemandu telah diam setakat ini.

Garzon darah bercurah kelihatan difoto Rabu diiringi dari bangkai kereta api, pada mulanya oleh orang awam yang telah bergegas ke tempat kejadian dan kemudian oleh polis, tetapi ia tidak jelas apa status perubatan beliau.

Laporan media yang belum disahkan mengatakan bahawa Garzon tercedera tulang rusuk. Beliau telah dijangka untuk memberi kenyataan kepada polis awal kehakiman seawal Khamis, tetapi proses itu ditangguhkan, dilaporkan atas sebab-sebab kesihatan. Terdahulu Sabtu, jabatan keadilan berkata penampilan pertama Garzon sebelum hakim telah ditangguhkan sehingga Ahad.

Dalam kemalangan Rabu, lapan gerabak kereta api yang penuh dengan 218 penumpang ternyala jauh melebihi had laju ke keluk dan ganas disebut-sebut lebih. Minyak diesel menghantar api pemburuan melalui beberapa kabin.

Penyiasat memeriksa alat-alat rakaman dari kereta api tetapi tidak secara rasmi berkata berapa cepat ia akan apabila ia tergelincir. Penumpang Amerika, Stephen Ward, berkata beliau menonton kelajuan kereta api pada skrin paparan dalam garabak - dan ia membayangkan bahawa akan ia 194 kph (121 mph), lebih 2 kali ganda had laju 80 kilometer sejam.

Presiden Adif, agensi kereta api Sepanyol, berkata bahawa pemandu sepatutnya mula memperlahankan kereta api 4 kilometer (2.5 batu) sebelum selekoh berbahaya. Beliau berkata, tanda-tanda jelas menandakan titik ini apabila pemandu mestilah perlahan.

Biasanya, polis mengambil kenyataan pertama yang kemudiannya diperiksa oleh hakim penyiasat yang kemudian mesti mengambil bukti dalam masa 72 jam penangkapan itu. Bahawa tarikh akhir adalah hari Ahad. Walaupun bahawa pendengaran mahkamah awal akan ditutup, ia akan memberikan petunjuk tentang status siasatan. Hakim akan membuat keputusan sama ada untuk penjarakan pemandu sebagai suspek rasmi, melepaskannya atas jaminan, atau melepaskan dia tanpa caj. Jika hakim mendapati bukti yang mencukupi untuk perbicaraan jenayah, suspek akan dikenakan dan menetapkan tarikh perbicaraan.

AP penulis Harold Heckle di Madrid menyumbang kepada laporan ini.

Photo: AP Seorang wanita dipindahkan dari sebuah kereta api di tapak kemalangan kereta api di Santiago de Compostela, Sepanyol. Polis Sepanyol hari Jumaat menahan pemandu kereta api yang terhempas di barat laut Sepanyol, menurunkan angka kematian 80-78 dan mengambil milikan "kotak hitam" kereta api dijangka memberi penjelasan mengenai mengapa ia lebih cepat daripada had laju pada lengkung di mana ia tergelincir. Dan dalam satu temu bual dengan The Associated Press, penumpang Amerika cedera di garabak berkata dia melihat pada skrin monitor TV di dalam gerabak bahawa kereta api itu berjalan 194 kph (121 mph) saat sebelum kemalangan itu - jauh melebihi 80 kilometer sejam (50 had mph) kelajuan pada lengkung di mana ia tergelincir – think in pictures @1WORLDCommunity)

Photo: AP Polis dan pegawai-pegawai keselamatan melihat pengangkutan yang rosak di depot kereta api di Padron, berhampiran Santiago de Compostela, Sepanyol, Jumaat 26 Julai 2013 selepas ia dibawa ke sana dari tempat kejadian kemalangan kereta api. Penyiasat telah mengambil milikan "kotak hitam" kereta api Sepanyol yang terkelincir pada kelajuan tinggi di sepanjang keluk dan tergelincir, membunuh 80 orang, seorang pegawai mahkamah berkata Jumaat. Analisis akan dilakukan untuk menentukan mengapa kereta api itu perjalanan jauh melebihi had laju apabila ia terhempas berhampiran stesen di Santiago de Compostela, di rantau Galicia barat laut, kata jurucakap mahkamah Maria Pardo Rios. Pengendali kereta api terus ke hospital Jumaat dan akan disoal siasat oleh polis tetapi dia berkata temubual tidak akan berlaku Jumaat – think in pictures @1WORLDCommunity)

Photo: AP Sepanyol Putera Mahkota Felipe, hak dan Puteri Letizia bertemu dengan penduduk kampung Angrois, berhampiran lokasi kemalangan kereta api hanya di luar Santiago de Compostela, Sepanyol, Jumaat 26 Julai, 2013. Kaum kerabat Sepanyol bertemu dengan penduduk kampung, ada yang pertama kali di tempat kejadian untuk membantu menarik penumpang daripada bangkai. Penyiasat telah mengambil milikan "kotak hitam" kereta api Sepanyol yang tergesa-gesa pada kelajuan tinggi di sepanjang keluk dan tergelincir, membunuh 80 orang, seorang pegawai mahkamah berkata Jumaat – think in pictures @1WORLDCommunity)

Spain train driver suspected of negligent homicide

MADAyuMadyan - SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain (AP) Spain's interior minister announced Saturday that the driver whose speeding train crashed, killing 78 people, is now being held on suspicion of negligent homicide.

Minister of Interior Jorge Fernandez Diaz announced the step against Francisco Jose Garzon Amo, who previously had been detained on suspicion of recklessness following Wednesday's crash in Santiago de Compostela.

"There is rational evidence to lead us to think that the driver could have eventual responsibility," the minister told reporters at the city's police station. Fernandez Diaz also said Garzon, 52, has been discharged from the hospital, taken to the police station and would appear before a judge by Sunday evening.

Garzon has the right to keep silent, "although he may change his mind on that," the minister said. Blame has increasingly fallen on the driver, with the country's railway agency saying it was his responsibility to brake before going into the high-risk curve where the train tumbled off the rails and smashed into a wall. But it's still not clear whether the brakes failed or were never used, and the driver has remained silent so far.

A blood-soaked Garzon was photographed Wednesday being escorted away from the wreckage, at first by civilians who had hurried to the scene of the accident and then by police, but it is not clear just what his medical status is.

Unconfirmed media reports said that Garzon had injured ribs. He had been expected to give a preliminary statement to judicial police as early as Thursday, but that process was delayed, reportedly due to health reasons. Earlier Saturday, the justice department said Garzon's first appearance before a judge had been postponed until Sunday.

In Wednesday's crash, the train's eight carriages packed with 218 passengers blazed far over the speed limit into a curve and violently tipped over. Diesel fuel sent flames coursing through some cabins.

Investigators are examining recording devices from the train but have not officially said how fast it was going when it derailed. An American passenger, Stephen Ward, said he was watching the train's speed on a display screen in the carriage - and it indicated it was going 194 kph (121 mph), more than double the 80-kph speed limit.

The president of Adif, the Spanish rail agency, said that the driver should have started slowing the train 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) before the dangerous bend. He said signs clearly marked this point when the driver must begin to slow.

Normally, police take a first statement that is then examined by an investigating judge who must then take testimony within 72 hours of the arrest. That deadline is Sunday. Although that initial court hearing would be closed, it would give hints about the status of the investigation. The judge would decide whether to jail the driver as an official suspect, release him on bail, or release him without charges. If a judge finds sufficient evidence for a criminal trial, the suspect will be charged and a trial date set.

AP writer Harold Heckle in Madrid contributed to this report.

Nahas kereta api Sepanyol ditangkap pada CCTV



TOP NEWS Photos: Bomba membawa mangsa cedera dari bangkai kemalangan kereta api berhampiran Santiago de Compostela, barat laut Sepanyol, 24 Julai, 2013. Kereta api tergelincir di luar barat laut bandar purba Sepanyol Santiago de Compostela pada petang Rabu, membunuh sekurang-kurangnya 77 orang dan mencederakan sehingga 131 dalam salah satu bencana kereta api terburuk di Eropah. Gambar diambil 24 Julai, 2013 (A fireman carries a wounded victim from the wreckage of a train crash near Santiago de Compostela, northwestern Spain, July 24, 2013. A train derailed outside the ancient northwestern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela on Wednesday evening, killing at least 77 people and injuring up to 131 in one of Europe's worst rail disasters. Picture taken July 24, 2013. REUTERS/Xoan A. Soler/Monica Ferreiros/La Voz de Galicia (think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)

Nahas kereta api Sepanyol ditangkap pada CCTV

Pemandu kereta api Sepanyol yang tergelincir, membunuh sekurang-kurangnya 80 orang, adalah di bawah kawalan polis di hospital selepas kemalangan dramatik yang merupakan sumber rasmi berkata disebabkan oleh kelajuan yang berlebihan. Kereta api lapan pengangkutan datang dari trek, memukul dinding dan terbakar di luar destinasi ibadah ziarah Santiago de Compostela di barat laut Sepanyol pada malam Rabu. Ia adalah salah satu kereta api terburuk bencana Eropah.

Rakaman video dari kamera keselamatan menunjukkan keretapi, dengan 247 orang di atas kapal, meluru ke dinding konkrit di tepi trek sebagai gerabak jack-knifed dan enjin terbalik. Seorang pegawai tempatan menyifatkan selepas kemalangan itu sebagai seperti adegan dari neraka, dengan badan-badan bertaburan di sebelah trek.

Kesan ini adalah salah satu pengangkutan begitu besar terbang beberapa meter ke udara dan mendarat di sisi lain halangan konkrit yang tinggi. Sekitar 94 orang cedera, 35 daripada mereka, termasuk empat kanak-kanak, dalam keadaan yang serius, timbalan ketua Kerajaan serantau berkata.


Spain train crash caught on CCTV

The driver of a Spanish train that derailed, killing at least 80 people, was under police guard in hospital after the dramatic accident which an official source said was caused by excessive speed. The eight-carriage train came off the tracks, hit a wall and caught fire just outside the pilgrimage destination Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain on Wednesday night. It was one of Europe's worst rail disasters. 

Video footage from a security camera showed the train, with 247 people on board, hurtling into a concrete wall at the side of the track as carriages jack-knifed and the engine overturned. One local official described the aftermath of the crash as like a scene from hell, with bodies strewn next to the tracks. 

The impact was so huge one carriage flew several metres into the air and landed on the other side of a high concrete barrier. Around 94 people were injured, 35 of them, including four children, in a serious condition, the deputy head of the regional government said.

TOP NEWS Photos: Relatives of one of the victims of a train crash comfort each other in Santiago de Compostela, northwestern Spain, July 25, 2013. Police took the driver of a Spanish train into custody in hospital on Thursday after at least 80 people died when it derailed and caught fire in a dramatic accident which an official source said was caused by excessive speed. REUTERS/Eloy Alonso (think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)

TOP NEWS Photos: An official inspects the train engine amongst the wreckage of a train crash near Santiago de Compostela, northwestern Spain, early July 25, 2013. A train derailed outside the ancient northwestern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela on Wednesday evening, killing at least 77 people and injuring up to 131 in one of Europe's worst rail disasters. REUTERS/Eloy Alonso (think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)

TOP NEWS Photos: An official inspects the train engine amongst the wreckage of a train crash near Santiago de Compostela, northwestern Spain, early July 25, 2013. A train derailed outside the ancient northwestern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela on Wednesday evening, killing at least 77 people and injuring up to 131 in one of Europe's worst rail disasters. REUTERS/Eloy Alons (think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)

TOP NEWS Photos: Workers walk past the train engine amongst the wreckage of a train crash near Santiago de Compostela, northwestern Spain, early July 25, 2013. A train derailed outside the ancient northwestern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela on Wednesday evening, killing at least 77 people and injuring up to 131 in one of Europe's worst rail disasters. REUTERS/Eloy Alonso (think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)

TOP NEWS Photos: An overhead view of the wreckage of a train crash is seen near Santiago de Compostela, northwestern Spain, in this still image from video, July 25, 2013. A train derailed outside the ancient northwestern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela on Wednesday evening, killing at least 77 people and injuring up to 131 in one of Europe's worst rail disasters. REUTERS/Aeromedia.es (think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)

TOP NEWS Photos: Victims receive help after a train crashed near Santiago de Compostela, northwestern Spain, July 24, 2013 (think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)

Investigators have Spain trains 'black boxes' . . .

Photo: AP Saudara-mara mangsa yang terlibat dalam kemalangan kereta api Rabu bertindak pada satu titik maklumat mangsa dalam Santiago de Compostela, Sepanyol, pada Khamis Julai 25, 2013. Saudara-mara mangsa daripada kemalangan kereta api di barat laut Sepanyol menangis teresak-esak dan memeluk setiap satu sama lain Khamis lain berhampiran rumah mayat sementara di arena sukan untuk mangsa-mangsa sebagai jumlah kematian meningkat kepada 78 dan penyiasat cuba untuk menentukan punca. Kereta api melonjak trek dan sekurang-kurangnya seorang penumpang memberitahu sebuah stesen radio bahawa ia kelihatan akan sangat cepat kerana ia pergi ke keluk ketara manakala menghampiri stesen di bandar ini kuil Katolik pada malam perayaan utama agama(AP Relatives of the victims involved in Wednesday's train accident react at a victims information point in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, on Thursday, July 25, 2013. Relatives of victims from a train crash in northwestern Spain sobbed and hugged each other Thursday near a makeshift morgue in a sports arena for the victims as the death toll rose to 78 and investigators tried to determine the cause. The train jumped the tracks and at least one passenger told a radio station that it appeared to be going very fast as it went into a pronounced curve while approaching the station in this Catholic shrine city on the eve of a major religious festival (think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)

Santiago de Compostela, Sepanyol (AP) Penyiasat telah mengambil milikan "kotak hitam" kereta api Sepanyol kelajuan tinggi di sepanjang keluk dan tergelincir, membunuh 80 orang, seorang pegawai mahkamah berkata Jumaat.

Analisis akan dilakukan untuk menentukan mengapa kereta api itu perjalanan jauh melebihi had laju apabila ia terhempas berhampiran stesen di Santiago de Compostela, di barat laut Galicia, berkata mahkamah jurucakap Maria Pardo Rios. Beliau enggan mengulas mengenai berapa lama analisis akan diambil.

Tempat merekodkan semua data perjalanan dari kereta api, termasuk kelajuan dan jarak dan adalah sama dengan perakam penerbangan untuk kapal terbang. Pengendali kereta api terus ke hospital Jumaat dan akan disoal siasat oleh polis tetapi dia berkata temuduga tidak akan berlaku hari ini.

Pada hari Jumaat semua tetapi 7 mangsa dalam kemalangan itu telah dikenal pasti di rumah mayat sementara di Santiago de Compostela. Analisis DNA akan digunakan untuk mengenal pasti mangsa-mangsa yang tinggal, Pardo Rios katanya. Dengan semua akaun, kereta api itu akan terlalu cepat kerana ia bergulung di sekeliling selekoh. Kemudian dalam sekelip mata, sebuah kereta jatuh di luar trek, diikuti oleh seluruh lokomotif, yang seolah-olah datang selain seperti zip ditarik.

Clendenning dilaporkan dari Madrid

Photo: AP Itulah kereta api Sepanyol telah berjalan jauh melebihi had laju apabila ia tergelincir, membunuh sekurang-kurangnya 80 orang. Pegawai-pegawai berkata had laju di seksyen itu trek ialah 80 kilometer sejam (50 mph) (That a Spanish train was traveling well above the speed limit when it derailed, killing at least 80 people. Officials say the speed limit on that section of track is 80 kph (50 mph) (think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)

Photo: AP Grafik menunjukkan terperinci dan menempatkan kereta api kemalangan kegelinciran di Sepanyol, 3c x 4 1/2 inci; 146 mm x 114 mm (Detailed graphic shows and locates train derailment accident in Spain; 3c x 4 1/2 inches; 146 mm x 114 mm (think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)

Photo: AP Kereta api menggelincirkan dalam Santiago de Compostela, Sepanyol, pada Rabu Julai 24, 2013. Penyiasat Sepanyol cuba untuk menentukan Khamis mengapa kereta api penumpang melompat trek dan menghantar l8 gerabak terhempas antara satu sama lain sebelum tiba di bandar kuil barat laut ini pada malam perayaan utama agama Kristian, membunuh sekurang-kurangnya 77 orang dan mencederakan lebih daripada 140 (A train derailing in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, on Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Spanish investigators tried to determine Thursday why a passenger train jumped the tracks and sent eight cars crashing into each other just before arriving in this northwestern shrine city on the eve of a major Christian religious festival, killing at least 77 people and injuring more than 140 (think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)

Photo: AP Saudara-mara mangsa yang terlibat dalam kemalangan kereta api Rabu bertindak pada satu titik maklumat mangsa dalam Santiago de Compostela, Sepanyol, pada Khamis Julai 25, 2013. Saudara-mara mangsa daripada kemalangan kereta api di barat laut Sepanyol menangis teresak-esak dan memeluk setiap satu sama lain Khamis berhampiran rumah mayat sementara di arena sukan untuk mangsa-mangsa sebagai jumlah kematian meningkat kepada 78 dan penyiasat cuba untuk menentukan punca. Kereta api melonjak trek dan sekurang-kurangnya seorang penumpang memberitahu sebuah stesen radio bahawa ia kelihatan akan sangat cepat kerana ia pergi ke keluk ketara manakala menghampiri stesen di bandar kuil Katolik pada ini malam perayaan utama agama(Relatives of the victims involved in Wednesday's train accident react at a victims information point in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, on Thursday, July 25, 2013. Relatives of victims from a train crash in northwestern Spain sobbed and hugged each other Thursday near a makeshift morgue in a sports arena for the victims as the death toll rose to 78 and investigators tried to determine the cause. The train jumped the tracks and at least one passenger told a radio station that it appeared to be going very fast as it went into a pronounced curve while approaching the station in this Catholic shrine city on the eve of a major religious festival (think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)

Photo: AP Kereta tergelincir dikeluarkan sebagai kakitangan kecemasan, kerja-kerja di tapak kemalangan kereta api di Santiago de Compostela, Sepanyol pada hari Khamis 25 Julai 2013. Angka kematian dalam kemalangan kereta api penumpang di barat laut Sepanyol meningkat kepada lebih daripada 70 pada hari Khamis selepas kereta api melonjak trek di sepanjang curvy sebelum tiba di bandar ziarah barat laut Santiago de Compostela, seorang pegawai kehakiman berkata (Derailed cars are removed as emergency personnel work at the site of a train accident in Santiago de Compostela, Spain on Thursday July 25, 2013. The death toll in a passenger train crash in northwestern Spain rose to more than 70 on Thursday after the train jumped the tracks on a curvy stretch just before arriving in the northwestern shrine city of Santiago de Compostela, a judicial official said (think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)

Investigators have Spain trains 'black boxes'

SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain (AP) Investigators have taken possession of the "black boxes" of the Spain train that hurtled at high-speed along a curve and derailed, killing 80 people, a court official said Friday.

Analysis will be performed to determine why the train was traveling far above the speed limit when it crashed near a station in Santiago de Compostela, in the northwestern Galicia, said court spokeswoman Maria Pardo Rios. She declined comment on how long the analysis will take.

The boxes record all trip data from trains, including speed and distances and are similar to flight recorders for airplanes. The train's operator remained hospitalized Friday and will be questioned by police but she said the interview will not happen Friday.

By Friday, all but seven victims in the crash had been identified in a makeshift morgue in Santiago de Compostela. DNA analysis will be used to identify the remaining victims, Pardo Rios said. By all accounts, the train was going way too fast as it curled around a gentle bend. Then in an instant, one car tumbled off the track, followed by the rest of the locomotive, which seemed to come apart like a zipper being pulled.

Clendenning reported from Madrid

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