UAE expresses solidarity with India over bus crash carrying pilgrims

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The UAE has expressed its solidarity with India over the victims of a crash between a bus carrying Umrah pilgrims and an oil tanker in Saudi Arabia, which killed at least 45 people on the bus and left one survivor currently facing treatment.

The bus, which crashed on Monday, had travelled from Hyderabad to Jeddah on November 9, planning to return back on November 23. 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its sincere condolences and sympathy to the victim's families, wishing a speedy recovery for the injured.

 

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