At least 20 pilgrims have been killed and 29 others injured in a bus crash in Saudi Arabia, local media report.

The bus was transporting the pilgrims to the Islamic holy city of Mecca on Monday when it hit a bridge in the south-western province of Asir, overturned and caught fire.

Videos posted on social media showed the vehicle engulfed in flames.

Authorities are still investigating the cause, but the newspaper Okaz said there was an issue with the brakes.

Saudi-owned Al Arabiya said the victims were of different nationalities but that they included several Saudis.

They had reportedly been planning to undertake the lesser Muslim pilgrimage, or Umrah. It includes some of the rituals of the Hajj, but they are shortened and there are fewer of them.

This sounds terrible. I wish them a peaceful journey and rest. 

 

The BBC has a similar story from 2019.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-50081706

 

These buses seem to ignite on impact too easily.

There always seems to be mass deaths on Islamic pilgrimages. Think Allah must be trying to tell them something with bus crashes, mass crushing deaths and earthquakes in Muslim zones.

2 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

There always seems to be mass deaths on Islamic pilgrimages. Think Allah must be trying to tell them something with bus crashes, mass crushing deaths and earthquakes in Muslim zones.

Fact: Many Christians have been killed in bus crashes over the decades.

 

Instead of instrumentalizing this tragedy for your anti-Muslim agenda, it seems to me that there may actually not be a god that directs these accidents (or anything else in anyone's life) and plays favors.

 

Life is cause & effect. It's even in the bible ("You reap what you sow"). Even our smallest actions count.

They tried to short-cut their obligation to Islam. Could there be a message from upstairs? Thou shall do the Haj properly!!!