More than a thousand people die from extreme heat during Hajj pilgrimage
More than a thousand people are believed to have died during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, according to the AFP news agency.
The number of heat related fatalities among pilgrims attending the Hajj in Saudi Arabia has risen to over one thousand. Some of the worshippers in Mecca are from Indonesia. We’ll turn to our correspondent in Jakarta for the latest.
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