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Eleven killed in Russian bus crash

Eleven people have died after a bus carrying orthodox pilgrims overturned in Siberia.

At least 11 people have been killed in a bus crash in Siberia, Russia's Tass news agency reports.

Around 40 passengers also were injured when the bus overturned on the road between the cities of Irkutsk and Chita at around midnight on Sunday.

The bus was carrying orthodox pilgrims who had been taking part in a procession at a monastery.


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