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Nine Sudanese pilgrims die in holy land in Saudi Arabia

KHARTOUM, Nov 22 (KUNA) -- Sudan Pilgrimage Mission announced on Sunday that it had registered nine deaths of Sudanese pilgrims who were in holy lands to perform Hajj.
The statement said that six fatalaties passed away due to natural causes, where two others died in an accident, while the ninth case died out of suspision of being infected with swine flu. The families of the deceased were informed.
The statement added that no confirmed swine flu cases have been reported by the health center escorting the pilgrims, other than the suspected deceased case. (end) hhi.mao KUNA 222131 Nov 09NNNN