Two Tunisian pilgrims have died of natural death and 2000 others fell sick at the holy sites, announced a communiqué published on Wednesday by the Religious Affairs Ministry. Escorted by the Mufti of the republic and Tunisia's Ambassador to saudi Arabia, Religious Affairs Minister Laroussi Mizouri, who is leading the Tunisian official delegation, went to visit Tunisian pilgrims in the hospitals of Médenine to enquire about their state of health. Tunisian pilgrims number this year 10 372.