President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev offered condolences to the King of Jordan Abdullah II in connection with numerous victims following a bus accident near the Dead Sea, the presidential press service reports.

It should be noted that a passenger bus drowned during the floods caused by torrential rains in the Middle East. There were 44 passengers on the bus during the accident, 37 of them were schoolchildren.

As a result of the incident, 18 people were killed, 13 were rescued. Other passengers are reported missing.