Saudi Arabia: 48 Pakistani pilgrims injured in bus accident

Posted on June 29, 2013 • Filed under: Middle East, Tourists Injured

Arabnews.com reports that forty-eight pilgrims were injured in a road accident on the busy Makkah-Madinah Highway on Saturday. The bus, carrying Umrah pilgrims from Pakistan, was heading toward Madinah when it met with an accident near the Jamoom flyover. The Makkah health directorate declared a state of emergency and alerted all hospitals in the holy cities to treat the guests of God. Read article

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