into the new administration the country still awaits justice for crimes committed during the past regime. of german chancellor angela merkel has expressed her shock and sadness for the victims of the tour bus crash in the portuguese island of madeira portugal s foreign ministry told reporters that all twenty nine people killed in the crash were german a bus bus plunged down a hill side east of the moderen capital on wednesday night. a holiday turned tragedy portuguese authorities worked into the night to clear the wreckage the bus plunged into a house after the driver lost control on an embankment rescuers were able to pull some people out alive but for many it was too late the bus was full of german holidaymakers with families waiting for them at home.
unofficial in charge of identifying the victims is already in place. but. germany has also set up a hotline for the victims families. on twitter portugal s prime minister antonio cost expressed his condolences and reached out to german chancellor angela merkel the driver has reportedly survived authorities must now determine what caused the bus to veer off the road. the information we have from the company is that the bus was relatively new machine. it was just five years old but apparently safety rules were followed that it s premature to talk about the cause of the accident was of was the dance the diplomats. a philosophy based on thursday european parliamentarians held a minute of silence for the victims. while three days of mourning will be observed