UAE-based Palestinian family dies in road accident on their way back home from Umrah - GulfToday

UAE-based Palestinian family dies in road accident on their way back home from Umrah

  • 22 Aug 2023
Emergency personnel cordoned off the accident site in Saudi Arabia.

Emergency personnel cordoned off the accident site in Saudi Arabia.

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

Five members of a Palestinian family holding Jordanian citizenship and residing in the UAE were killed in a traffic accident in Saudi Arabia during their way back home after performing Umrah rituals.

The car the were travelling in collided with another car while they were returning to Abu Dhabi.

As a result of the accident, the father, Malik Akram Kharma, and his four children, Akram, Maya, Dana, and Deema were killed.

The mother survived but suffered multiple injuries and was taken to the hospital for the medical treatment.

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