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A bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims overturned in Iran, killing 28 passengers, Iranian state media report.
The crash occurred on Tuesday evening within the central Iranian province of Yazd and was resulting from a faulty braking system, Reuters reported, citing a preliminary police investigation.
Another 23 passengers had been injured – seven of them are in vital situation, the province’s disaster administration director advised state TV.
The pilgrims had been on their method to Iraq to commemorate a Shiite saint who died within the seventh century, in accordance with AP information company.
Eleven ladies and 17 males are amongst those that died within the crash, in accordance with the disaster administration director.
Some 2m Shiite Muslim pilgrims are at the moment collaborating within the annual pilgrimage which spans about 80km (50 miles) from Najaf to Karbala in Iraq.
Iran is infamous for its poor visitors security document, with some 20,000 deaths yearly resulting from accidents.
