00:00More than 1,000 pilgrims were killed in the middle of the Hajj in Mecca
00:07due to the heat stroke that reached 51 degrees Celsius in the area.
00:12Meanwhile, the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh confirmed that one of the dead was a Philippine pilgrim.
00:19In an interview with Philippine Embassy Chargé d'Affaires Romel Romato in the Philippine News Agency,
00:25our countryman was at home on June 16.
00:28He was given medical attention at Macca Hospital but he was not saved.
00:34With the help of the Philippine Embassy and Consulate General Hajj Assistance Teams,
00:38he was also buried on June 19.
00:41The victim was an OFW based in Saudi Arabia and was not part of the Hajj delegation
00:47organized by the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos.
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