Two Lankan pilgrims die in Saudi
Abdul Wahid Abdul Jawad, 47, and wife Abdul Haleem Shamsunissa, 42, died instantly after they were thrown out of the vehicle.
Adam Bawa Uthuma Lebbe, Sri Lankan Consul General, was quoted by Arab News as saying the Sri Lankan couple who had come for Haj had got into a van to reach Jeddah from Makkah.
Another Sri Lankan couple who were traveling in the same van escaped with minor injuries, the Arab News website reported.
The victims’ bodies are at the morgue and arrangements are being made to bury them in Makkah