An Australian is among hundreds of people who have died while completing the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed it is providing consular assistance to the family of the pilgrim.
“We send our deepest condolences to the family at this difficult time,” the statement said.
Yahya Ibrahim, a Muslim Chaplain at Curtin University and the University of Western Australia, told RN Breakfast that funeral prayers had been held for the Australian, believed to be a man from Sydney.
