An elderly citizen died 10 hours after his wife was buried in the cemetery of Al-Khub in Wadi Ghulaila, north of Ras Al-Khaimah.

Emirates Funeral Service Director Abdul Marzouqi told Emirates Today that the wife died this morning as a result of illness and old age and was buried in the Al-Khub cemetery near her residential area.

He pointed out that 10 hours after the wife's death, the husband died as a result of illness and old age, and he will be buried next to his wife's grave in the same cemetery in which she was buried.