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Six Indonesian pilgrims killed in Saudi Arabia bus crash
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Indonesia is among the countries with the highest number of umrah pilgrims traveling to Saudi Arabia.
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JAKARTA - Six Indonesians have died during an umrah (mini Islamic religious pilgrimage) journey in Saudi Arabia following a traffic accident on March 20 involving a bus carrying pilgrims, the Foreign Ministry has announced.
A bus carrying Indonesian pilgrims was involved in a collision on March 20 at 1.30pm in Wadi Qudeid, on the road between Mecca and Medina located around 150km from Jeddah.
