18 People From North Sumatra Reportedly Died During The 2024 Hajj

The funeral of a pilgrim from Aceh who died in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, Monday (19/6/2023). (ANTARA)

The number of hajj from North Sumatra Province (North Sumatra) who died in the Holy Land increased by two people, bringing the total to 18 people before returning to the country. "Innalillahi wa innailaihi rojiun. Two of our hajjs died in the Holy Land ahead of the repatriation," said Secretary of the Hajj Organizing Committee (PPIH) of the Medan Zulfan Efendi Debarkation, quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, July 2. The two North Sumatran hajjs died in the Holy Land, namely Muhammad Sulaiman Masro (65), joined the Medan flight group (Kloter) 19 Embarkation. Muhammad Sulaiman is a pilgrim from Simalungun Regency, North Sumatra died at the Indonesian Hajj Health Clinic in Makkah on Saturday, June 29, 2024. Then Hajj on behalf of Zaman Dalimunthe (70), joined in the 9th Embarkation Group of Medan from the capital city of North Sumatra Province.

During the Dalimunthe era, the Hajj that died at the Saudi Arabian Hospital in Medina, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, July 2, 2024. "With the addition of the two Hajj pilgrims, so far it has been recorded that 18 pilgrims from North Sumatra have died during this Hajj season," said Zulfan, who is also the Head of Hajj and Umrah Organizers at the North Sumatra Ministry of Religion Regional Office.