Azeri pilgrim dies in Syria
BAKU – One of the Azerbaijanis who left on a Hajj pilgrimage has died in Syria.
Khanbaba Atakishiyev, a 61-year-old resident of the capital Baku, died after a heart attack while praying at a mosque, according to Azerbaijan’s embassy in Syria.
The Caucasus Muslims Office chairman, Sheikhulislam Allahshukur Pashazada has phoned Azerbaijani Ambassador Mahir Aliyev requesting that the needed measures be taken to send the pilgrim’s body home.
The embassy is preparing the needed documents to repatriate Atakishiyev’s body.
2,000 Azerbaijanis have made a Hajj pilgrimage this year.
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