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Bodies of Six African Overstayers Found Near Jeddah

JEDDAH - Bodies of six African overstayers were found in different areas between Jeddah and Al Leeth recently.

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Published: Mon 18 Jan 2010, 12:17 AM

Last updated: Mon 17 Feb 2020, 10:23 PM

According to the police, the Passport Department was transporting 200 illegal overstayers from Jizan to Jeddah.
Apparently, six of them jumped from the moving buses during the journey. The highway police found their bodies at different places.
According to Jeddah police spokesman, Colonel Misfer Al Juaid, police discovered the first bodyin south Jeddah. The police soon launched investigations, linking it with reports of similar discoveries by the highway patrols — three bodies on the road around Makkah and then two on the Al Leeth road. Police said that all six were African overstayers who had originally been put on four different Passport Department buses in Jizan.
The police suspect the dead African overstayers may have jumped out of the moving buses in an attempt to avoid deportation.
habib@khaleejtimes.com

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