Saturday 16 March 2013

14 Palestinian Pilgrims Killed In Jordan Bus Accident


Fourteen Palestinian pilgrims were killed Saturday after their bus turned over on the Dead Sea road near Jordan’s al-Rama neighborhood, the Amman-based daily al-Ghad reported.
Five others were in critical condition, according to the report.
The newspaper quoted sources in Jordan’s Public Security Directorate as saying that a bus carrying Palestinian pilgrims who performed the Umrah pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia collided with a truck and a small car before it turned over.
The truck driver was also killed in the accident.
Palestinian religious affairs minister Mahmoud al-Habbash confirmed to Ma’an that a bus carrying pilgrims turned over en route to Jordan’s King Hussein Bridge crossing.
“We are contacting Jordanian officials for specific details,” he said.

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