Makkah: Two more Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims died in Saudi Arabia.

A total of 16 pilgrims have died this year so far.

The deceased are Md Abdul Hamid Paikar, about 64 years old, from Bogra Municipality Ward No 17, and Yaar Ahmed, about 56 years old, from Radhanagar village under Chhagalnaiya upazila of Feni district.

Abdul Hamid died of cardiac arrest on Wednesday morning (local time) in Makkah while Yaar Ahmed also died of cardiac arrest in Medina.

The passport number of Md Abdul Hamid Paikar is BJ-0512318 and Pilgrim ID is 0995950.

The passport number of Yaar Ahmed is OC-8204055 and Pilgrim ID is 092586.