Gerik crash: Pahang Sultan orders mosque to hold 'solat jenazah ghaib'
Pahang mufti Datuk Dr Asmadi Mohamed Naim who announced the matter, said the 'solat jenazah ghaib', along with the recitation of Yasin and Tahlil, would be held after Maghrib prayers tomorrow.
"Let us all pray for the recovery of the victims who are still receiving treatment, and may Pahang be protected from any calamities or harm," he said in a statement.
In the early Monday morning incident, 15 UPSI students were killed when a chartered bus carrying them from Jertih to the university's main campus in Tanjung Malim, Perak, overturned in an accident involving a Perodua Alza on the East-West Highway, near Tasik Banding, Gerik. - Bernama
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