Lisbon funicular crash: Portugal declares day of mourning as death toll rises to 17

Portugal has declared a day of national mourning after at least 17 people were killed and 21 others injured when one of Lisbon’s famous funicular cars derailed and crashed into a building on Wednesday evening.

Those killed on the Glória funicular were all adults, according to Margarida Castro Martins, the head of the city’s civil protection agency.

She said the victims’ families would be informed before any names or nationalities were released, but confirmed that those injured in the crash included Portuguese people as well as two Germans, two Spaniards and one person each from Canada, Cape Verde, France, Italy, Morocco, South Korea and Switzerland.