20 Moroccan pilgrims die during Hajj in Saudi Arabia


RABAT, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Moroccan authorities said Friday that 20 pilgrims from Morocco have died during this year's Hajj rituals in Saudi Arabia.

The Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs said in a statement that those deaths are "natural deaths," noting that 15 percent of Moroccan pilgrims this year are over 80 years old.

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