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Ten people dead in Moscow metro accident: city authorities

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Ten people died on Tuesday after a Moscow metro train derailed, the city's deputy mayor Pyotr Biryukov told journalists at the scene.

"Right now 10 people (are dead)," Biryukov said as the rescue operation continued, with about five people still believed to be trapped underground.

Ten people died on Tuesday after a Moscow metro train derailed, the city’s deputy mayor Pyotr Biryukov told journalists at the scene.

“Right now 10 people (are dead),” Biryukov said as the rescue operation continued, with about five people still believed to be trapped underground.

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