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Four dead after trains collide on Indonesia’s main island of Java

Four people have been killed and at least 42 were injured after two commuter trains collided in Indonesia’s West Java province, Al Jazeera reported.

The accident on Friday happened when a long-distance train from the country’s second-largest city, Surabaya, collided with a commuter train near Bandung, the provincial capital, the transport ministry officials stated.

A total of 478 passengers were on board the trains, authorities confirmed, but the cause of the accident was not immediately clear.

All the passengers were evacuated, and those injured were taken to local hospitals.

It should be noted that in 2022, Indonesia had the largest population of Muslims worldwide with around 241.5 million.

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