Bodies of two missing Haj pilgrims identified


Confirmed dead: Shahidan (left) and Abdul Habib were killed in Mecca

MECCA: Two Malaysian Haj pilgrims who went missing after the crane collapse tragedy have been confirmed dead, said Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki.

The bodies of Shahidan Saad, 52, and Abdul Habib Lahman, 68, both from Kedah, were identified by family members at the Muaissem mortuary in Mina.

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