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German FM to head to Madeira Thursday over bus crash: ministry
BERLIN, April 18, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said
he will travel to Madeira on Thursday with a team of doctors and
psychologists after 29 German tourists were killed in a bus crash on the
Portuguese island.
“It is shocking that an Easter holiday has become a tragedy for so many
people,” Maas said in a statement, adding that he will fly to Madeira with
medical staff to “speak personally with those affected”.
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