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| 19 Pilgrims Die in Saudi Arabia Bus Accident | |
| 2016-03-20 | |
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... , authorities in both countries said. The tourism ministry in Cairo said 19 Egyptian pilgrims and a child were killed and 15 were maimed in the accident. "Nineteen people were killed when the bus carrying them turned over on the Hijra road" between the coastal city of Jeddah and the holy city of Medina, Saudi Red Islamic Thingy front man Khaled Ben Messaed al-Sihli said. "All the bus passengers have the same nationality of an Arab country except the driver who is Asian," he said. Another 22 people were maimed including some who were badly hurt, Sihli added. Millions of Muslims visit Saudi Arabia each year for the year-round umra minor pilgrimage and the annual hajj pilgrimage. Jordan said on Wednesday that 14 pilgrims died and another 36 were maimed in another bus accident in southern Jordan near the Saudi border. The country's civil protection service said the driver lost control of the vehicle which turned over 320 kilometres (about 200 miles) southeast of Amman. | |
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