Six Indonesian pilgrims killed in Saudi Arabia bus crash


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JAKARTA: Six Indonesians have died during an umrah (minor haj) journey in Saudi Arabia following a traffic accident on Thursday (March 20) involving a bus carrying pilgrims, the Foreign Ministry has announced.

A bus carrying Indonesian pilgrims was involved in a collision on Thursday at 1.30pm local time at Wadi Qudeid, on the road between Mecca and Medina located around 150 kilometers from Jeddah.

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