00:00The DFA confirmed that more than 1,000 people were killed in the attack of the Islamic Pilgrimage to Hajj in Saudi Arabia.
00:09Niko Wahir was there.
00:15The experience of the Islamic Pilgrimage to Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia is very different.
00:22According to the National Meteorological Center of Saudi Arabia,
00:25the maximum temperature in the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia reached 51.8 degrees Celsius during the attack of the Pilgrimage to Hajj.
00:31According to statistics from 10 countries, more than 1,000 pilgrims were injured.
00:36The Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed that a Filipino was among those who died in the Pilgrimage.
00:41According to DFA Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega,
00:44the Filipino who was based in Riyadh died on June 16 due to a heatstroke.
00:48According to de Vega, there is a team in Saudi Arabia to assist the Philippine Embassy in Saudi Arabia
00:53in monitoring and assisting the more than 5,000 Filipinos who perished in the Pilgrimage to Hajj.
00:58The Pilgrimage to Hajj is the fifth pillar of the Islamic religion and one of the most important ways to show their faith.
01:06So even though they know the hot weather they will face, many are still going.
01:11Each of the pilgrims discarded their clothes to avoid the heat.
01:15Some are trying to keep their faces and bodies wet.
01:19Some are drinking other people's water.
01:22Pilgrims are also using water sprinklers.
01:25For GMA Integrated News, I'm Nico Juage, for Tutok 24 Horas.
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