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Thirteen pilgrims from the Kurdistan Region in Iraq were reported dead of reported heatstroke. [9] Five female pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir succumbed to heat stroke on Mount Arafat and in Muzdalifah. [10] Other pilgrims from Iran and Senegal were also among the dead. [11] [12] Saudi authorities said there were over 2,700 instances of heat ...
Friends and family searched for missing hajj pilgrims on June 19 as the death toll at the annual rituals, which were carried out in scorching heat, surged past 900. (Fadel Senna / AFP - Getty Images)
The official death toll from this year’s Hajj pilgrimage has soared to almost 500 and the true toll could be more than double that as reports emerged that as many as 600 Egyptian worshipers ...
Stoning of the Devil, 2006. The dense, surging crowds, trekking from one station of the pilgrimage to the next, can cause a progressive crowd collapse.At densities above six [2] to seven [3] persons per square meter, individuals cannot move, groups are swept along in waves, individuals jostle to find breath and to avoid falling and being trampled, and hundreds of deaths can occur as a result.
Hajj drew almost 2 million pilgrims in 124 degree desert heat. US couple who perished 'saved their whole lives for this.' An annual Muslim pilgrimage became a death march for 1,300 as temperatures ...
This is a list of crowd collapses and crushes in which at least five people died. The deadliest modern crowd crush incidents have both occurred during the Hajj pilgrimage, with the 1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy claiming 1,426 lives and the 2015 Mina stampede claiming 2,400. [1] (Although the term "stampede" is used in some media outlets, the ...
Hajj officials have asked pilgrims to carry umbrellas and stay hydrated amid the harsh conditions while the Saudi army has deployed more than 1,600 personnel with medical units specifically for ...
More than 1,300 pilgrims died amid scorching heat during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia's health minister said Sunday. The fatalities included more than 660 people from Egypt ...