Overview

• Emergency services say 18 people were injured, including five in critical condition, after the derailment on Wednesday evening.
• The 140-year-old tram left the tracks and struck a building at the start of the Gloria funicular line in central Lisbon.
• The Transport Safety Authority has launched a formal inquiry, while criminal police collected evidence for prosecutors.
• Officials have not confirmed the nationalities of the victims, though international visitors were among the dead.
• President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Lisbon mayor Carlos Moedas issued condolences as the site remains cordoned with the wreckage in place.