2 Arab pilgrims die at Saudi airport

An Egyptian man and a woman of the same nationality died just a few minutes within each other at an airport in Saudi Arabia before flying back home after performing Umra (mini pilgrimage), a newspaper reported on Sunday.

The man, 77, has just checked in and headed for the aircraft at the airport in the Western Red Sea port of Jeddah when he suffered from a heart attack and died.

Another Egyptian woman, 59, had a heart attack and died just after boarding the aircraft, Sabq Arabic language daily said.

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