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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.
Saudi officials said the stampede, which occurred at about 2pm local time, [1] was caused by conditions "beyond human endurance", with a record 2.5 million pilgrims that year. [2] Some victims were reported to have fallen from a pedestrian overpass (the Jamaraat Bridge ) as a wave of pilgrims crowded those already on the overpass.
After at least 1,300 people died during this year’s Hajj ... At Islamic holy sites in Mecca during ... Friends and family searched for missing hajj pilgrims on June 19 as the death toll at the ...
The Hajj is an annual pilgrimage in Mecca undertaken by able-bodied Muslims at least once in their lifetime. It consists of a series of rites including the Stoning of the Devil (Arabic: رمي الجمرات ramī aj-jamarāt, lit. "stoning of the jamarāt [place of pebbles]") [4] [5] which takes place in Mina, a district of Mecca.
Hundreds of people died during this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced intense high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, officials said Wednesday as ...
The annual Muslim pilgrimage to the sacred city of Mecca that wrapped up last week became a death march for over 1,300 Hajj participants who died in temperatures that climbed above 124 degrees ...
The 2004 Hajj stampede resulted in the deaths of at least 251 pilgrims on 1 February 2004 during the Hajj in Mecca. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The incident took place during the ritual stoning of three pillars in the Mina valley, close to Mecca, on the final day of Hajj ceremonies. [ 3 ]
Extreme heat has been named as a main factor behind the hundreds of deaths and injuries reported this year during the Hajj. Mecca, the holy city that is central for Hajj pilgrims, saw temperatures ...