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28 March 2024

2 boys killed in accident after performing Umrah

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Two little Saudi boys were killed along with other members of their family just after performing Umrah (mini pilgrimage), as they were headed back home.

The two boys, aged below 10, were accompanying their parents after performing Umrah in the western Saudi town of Makkah, when their car was involved in an accident as they headed back home in the southern town of Raniya.

The two boys, their parents and another member of the family were killed while two other Saudis died in the accident, the Arabic language daily Al Saudeh said.

It gave no other details but said pictures of the two boys, dressed in pilgrimage white gowns, were published on social networks after their death on Ramadan 11.