More than 481000 pilgrims leave the Kingdom

Holy City of Makkah, 9 January 07

The number of pilgrims who left the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia up to Monday 8 Jan, 2007, was 481,581, said a statement released by the Hajj Central Committee.

They left the Kingdom via King Abdulaziz International Airport of Jeddah, Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz International Airport of Madinah, Jeddah Islamic Port, Halat-Ammar exit point, al-Bat'ha exit point and other exit points.

As regards the health condition of the pilgrims, the report said neither cases of sun stroke nor cases of heat exhaustion were reported among the pilgrims.