KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 (Bernama) -- Nineteen Malaysian umrah pilgrims travelling in a bus in the Holy Land were involved in a road accident in Bir Ali, Medina, Saudi Arabia today.
According to a Foreign Ministry spokesman, the incident which also involved fatalities among them, happened at 8.30am local time.
"However, we still have not got the latest information on the incident as we are waiting for the full report from Saudi Arabia.
"There were fatalities but the number and who were killed has not been ascertained yet. We are informed the injured are being treated at Medina hospitals," he said when contacted by Bernama here tonight.
He added that the ministry's officials in the kingdom were doing their best to get the needed information to be relayed back here."We are in constant touch with them," he added.-- BERNAMA
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