Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- The Bangladesh embassy in the Gulf kingdom was not sure whether all the nine Bangladeshi passengers were on the bus when it crashed, Ambassador Golam Moshi told bdnews24.com.

"Some passengers got down and new passengers got on. So it's not sure whether nine Bangladeshis are among the deaths," he said, adding that "only DNA test can confirm the nationality of the deceased."

"The bus logbook just maintained first name and country of the passengers. They did not write down their Iqama number or ID," he said.

The double-decker bus of Dar Al-Meqat Umrah agency based in Riyadh carried 50 people to Madinah.

It caught fire after hitting a heavy vehicle used for road repair while returning to Makkah from Madinah with 39 on bo...