Death toll among Egyptian pilgrims rises to 66

MECCA – 7 September 2017: The Health and Population Ministry said Thursday that three more pilgrims died in Saudi Arabia, bringing to 66 the death toll among Egyptian pilgrims.

In statements, the head of the medical Hajj mission Ahmed al Ansary said the dead pilgrims, who aged 65, 68 and 80 years old, are from Alexandria, Assiut and Gharbiya.