A Yemeni family of 8 coming to perform Haj died in their vehicle due to suffocation caused by faulty air conditioning, according to the Sabq electronic newspaper.

Security forces and ambulances rushed to rescue them from their car parked in front of a commercial mall in the governorate in Makkah province.

Sources told Sabq that the dead pilgrims were found on Sunday afternoon and that they were traveling from Sharoura governorate in the south of Yemen.

Sources added that security forces have launched an investigation into the accident.