More than 550 hajj pilgrims have tragically died in Mecca as temperatures exceed 50C. At least 320 of the dead are from Egypt and Saudi officials report treating more than 2,000 people for heat stress amid the annual hajj pilgrimage in the Middle East.
At least 550 pilgrims have died during the hajj, and least 323 of those who died were Egyptians, most of them succumbing to heat-related illnesses, the two Arab diplomats coordinating their countries’ responses told AFP this week.
“All of them [the Egyptians] died because of…
