More than 280,000 pilgrims arrive in Madinah

Holy City of Madinah, 01 Jan 08

280,068 pilgrims arrived in Madinah up to yesterday, Dec 31, 2007, while 88,437 pilgrims left the city, according to a report released by the secretariat of the Hajj committee in Madinah.

The pilgrims remaining in Madinah included 26,470 Iranian pilgrims and 20,561 Indonesian pilgrims.

Yesterday 9,271 pilgrims left Madinah via Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz International Airport aboard 40 international flights.