The death toll among Ghana ian pilgrims in Mecca has risen to eight, with an additional six individuals dying as a result of the severe heat wave that has swept through Saudi Arabia according to the board's spokesperson.
"Currently, we can say six people died during the heatwave, even though an autopsy report is not yet out regarding the subject. So, it will take days before the number of Ghanaians who died as a result of the heat wave will be established," Gomba said. The victims were suspected to have entered the country on non-Hajj visas, which made it difficult to identify them.
"The forensic centre at the morgue where the corpses are kept before being buried had only managed to get six nationals from Ghana. When I asked him how they were doing it, they told me they were using fingerprints, and it was a laborious task," he said.
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