Bus crash kills 22 in Saudi Arabia

Twenty-two Muslim pilgrims leaving Saudi Arabia by bus were killed in a crash near the border with the United Arab Emirates, …

Twenty-two Muslim pilgrims leaving Saudi Arabia by bus were killed in a crash near the border with the United Arab Emirates, the Saudi Press Agency reported today.

It said those killed and the 24 injured were from Syria, Egypt, Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan.

Some 2.5 million Muslims finished performing the annual haj pilgrimage earlier this month in Saudi Arabia.

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