14 elderly pilgrims from Bangladesh die

JEDDAH, 20 February — At least 14 of the 55,000 Bangladeshi pilgrims have died of old-age or heart failure, a report said yesterday. Thirteen people died in Makkah and one in Madinah, press reports said, adding five of the victims died of heart failure.

Some 300 more pilgrims were reported to be ill and in field hospitals in Makkah run by the Bangladeshi authorities, the reports said.