Foi com profundo pesar que tomei conhecimento do trágico acidente na madeira. A todas as famílias envolvidas transmito

- António Costa (@antoniocostapm) April 17, 2019

"On behalf of the Government of Portugal, I want to express my most sincere condolences to the families (the victims. - RT )," he wrote on his Twitter.

At the same time, Costa added that he expressed condolences to the German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Earlier it was reported that 28 people became victims of an accident with a bus in Madeira.

The Diário de Notícias edition reported that the dead were tourists from Germany.