More than 230 Indonesians pilgrims dead as more than 1,000 die in haj amid scorching temperatures

CAIRO/RIYADH (Reuters): More than 1,000 people died during haj this year, according to a Reuters tally, as extreme heat hammered the nearly two million who took part in the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. Most of dead were Egyptians. Security and medical sources told Reuters on Sunday that the Egyptian death toll had risen to 672...