“Investigation will be conducted, and all who are in charge with the accident is going to be referred to the public prosecution to be punished,” President Mohammed Morsy said in some a 70 seconds statement. Morsy prayed for the victims' families to have patience. Assiut's Governor Yehia Keshk asserted that Compensations will be paid to the families of the victims and the injured children. Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb decided to raise the compensation to LE10000 to the victims' families rather than LE5000 and LE5000 to the injured children's families rather than LE3000 as it is assessed. 47 children, a driver and 2 supervisors were killed and som 17 were injured, while a bus was struck by a train on a railway crossing in Manfalut, 356 kilometres (220 miles) south of Cairo.
