Two Canadians are among at least 16 people dead after a popular streetcar derailed in Lisbon Wednesday, police in Portugal said.

The French Foreign Ministry said Friday that a woman who was a French-Canadian dual citizen is among the dead.

“France was extremely sad to learn of the death of a female Franco-Canadian national in the Glória funicular accident that occurred in Lisbon on 3 September. It extends its condolences to our compatriot’s family and close friends,” the French government said in a post on social media early on Friday.

Five Portuguese nationals, three British citizens, two South Koreans, one American, one French, one Swiss and one Ukrainian were also among the dead, police said in a press conference on Thursday.

On Wednesday, Global Affairs Canada had told Global N

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