These Two Photos Do Not Show the Pilgrims’ Bus–Tanker Crash in Saudi Arabia

Social media users widely circulated two photos, claiming they show the recent Saudi bus–tanker incident in which forty-five Indian pilgrims were killed near Medina after their bus caught fire.

An account on X named “Cool_Ustaaz” posted the two photos and commented, “42 pilgrims killed in Saudi bus–tanker crash. A tragic accident on the Mecca–Medina highway early Monday claimed the lives of 42 Indian pilgrims, all reportedly from Hyderabad.”