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Six people were killed and about 80 injured when a train derailed near the Moroccan capital Rabat on Tuesday, officials said.

The train derailed near Sidi Bouknadel, a town near Rabat, on the busy coastal line connecting the capital to the commercial hub of Casablanca.

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The cause of the accident was not immediately clear.

A Reuters reporter at the site saw a train derailed near some industrial and residential buildings.