Hundreds of people died during this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia amid intense high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, officials said on Wednesday.
Saudi Arabia has not commented on the death toll amid the heat during the pilgrimage, nor offered any causes for those who died. However, hundreds of people had lined up at the Emergency Complex in Al-Muaisem neighbourhood in Mecca, trying to get information about their missing family members.
This story is from the June 20, 2024 edition of Ahmedabad Mirror.
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