Nineteen passengers were killed and 31 others injured yesterday when a bus travelling to the Tunisian capital swerved and crashed off the road, government officials said.

A total 54 people were on the bus travelling from Monastir town, 130 kilometres south of Tunis, to the Tunisian capital. Authorities are investigating the cause of the crash.

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