4 hajj pilgrims, including Indian, die of swine flu

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Three of the victims, including the Indian, were 75 years old and the fourth was a 17-year-old Nigerian, it said.

The identity of those dead have, however, not yet been revealed. The virus had cast a shadow on this year's Hajj, as the pilgrimage is known. All able-bodied Muslims are required to perform hajj at least once in their lifetime.

It attracts about millions of people from 160 countries and begins this year on November 26, as the winter flu season approaches in the Northern Hemisphere.