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DFA monitoring reports of Filipino casualties in Saudi Arabia bus crash

The Foreign Affairs Department through its Philippine Consulate in Jeddah said that they have not received any report of Filipino casualties in the deadly bus crash in Saudi Arabia. 
 
35 foreigners were killed after a bus collided with another vehicle on Wednesday.
 
The Saudi Press Agency has confirmed the incident that took place Hijra road, 170 km when the privately chartered bus carrying 39 passengers collided with a loader.
 
“The Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah reported that it has not received any report of Filipino casualties from the vehicle collision near the Muslim holy city of Medina yesterday,” the DFA said in a statement. 
 
The DFA added that it will continue to monitor the incident. 
 
“The Consulate General continues to monitor the incident and will provide further updates on the matter in due course,” the DFA statement added.

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