Nine new death cases among Moroccan pilgrims, official

Nine death cases were reported among Moroccans who performed recently pilgrims to the Muslim holy shrines in Saudi Arabia, the Moroccan habous (endowments) and Islamic affairs department said.

The death cases were imputed to heart attacks, breathing problems and chronic diseases.

Relatedly, two Moroccan pilgrims died and two others were injured in a road accident.

The two deceased pilgrims are Abdelhak Alami Marouni and Mahjoub Abdedaim El Bardi from Casablanca.