Six Britons, reportedly including a newborn adn his grandmother, have been killed in a road crash in Saudi Arabia after making a pilgrimage to Mecca.
Four members of one family from Manchester were killed in the accident along with a husband and wife from Glasgow. Several other Britons were also seriously injured.
The group had completed the Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca, a lesser version of the Hajj, and were driving towards Medina when their minibus crashed last Wednesday.
An employee of Haji Tours, the Manchester-based company that organised the trip, said the accident happened after one of the minibus’s tyres burst on the motorway.
A Foreign Office spokesman said: “We are supporting the families of six British people who have sadly died following a road accident in Saudi Arabia. We are also helping several more British nationals who were injured in the crash. Our thoughts are with the victims and their families at this very difficult time.”
