Cairo - MENA
Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazoua said his ministry has immediately responded to an initiative floated by Prime Minister Hisham Qandil to pay for the travel of the parents of the victims of the Assiut train-bus accident to perform Omrah. The costs will be shouldered by travel agencies, he noted. Over 50 school students were killed and others injured when a train rammed into their crossing bus in Assiut earlier in the week.