Death toll among Egyptian pilgrims rise to 6: health ministry

A 53 year-old Egyptian woman died on Thursday while performing Hajj rituals in Saudi Arabia, health ministry announced in a statement. Thursday’s death raised the death toll among Egyptian pilgrims to six. The victim died of heart attack shortly after she was transported to Al Ansar hospital in Medina, Ali Hegazy, head of the Egyptian pilgrimage mission was quoted by Youm7. More than 125 Egyptian pilgrims died in a stampede took place in Mecca last year.