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Medina bus crash kills 45 pilgrims
Mint Kolkata
|November 18, 2025
A fatal accident involving a bus filled with Indian pilgrims killed at least 45 people near Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Medina, Indian police said on Monday, one of the deadliest crashes in the Gulf kingdom in years.
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“The tragic bus accident involving Indian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia is deeply distressing,” V.C. Sajjanar, police commissioner for the city of Hyderabad, where many of the Indian citizens we
This story is from the November 18, 2025 edition of Mint Kolkata.
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