Three Britons among 16 people killed in Lisbon funicular crash, police confirm

Portuguese investigators find no evidence of sabotage, with mechanical or maintenance issues among possible causes

• ‘Someone needs to answer for what happened’: Lisbon reacts to streetcar crash that killed 16

Portuguese police have confirmed that three Britons were among the 16 people killed in Lisbon on Wednesday evening when one of the city’s funicular streetcars derailed and hurtled down a hill and into a building.

The accident, described by Portugal’s prime minister, Luís Montenegro, as “one of the biggest tragedies in our recent history”, also left 21 people injured, five of whom are in a serious condition.