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More than 1300 died from extreme heat at Hajj :

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1,544 posted on 06/23/2024 7:23:14 PM PDT by Melian (✳✴️ Reminder: Memes are made to make you think or laugh. Verify for yourself before reposting. ✳️✴️)
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To: Melian

Lots of people did their annually. Some info from Wikipedia:

Some notable incidents include:

2 July 1990: A stampede or crush inside a pedestrian tunnel (Al-Ma’aisim tunnel) leading out from Mecca towards Mina and the Plains of Arafat led to the deaths of 1,426 pilgrims, many of them of Malaysian, Indonesian and Pakistani origin.[4][5]

23 May 1994: A stampede killed at least 270 pilgrims at the Stoning of the Devil ritual.

9 April 1998: At least 118 pilgrims were trampled to death and 180 injured in an incident on Jamaraat Bridge.[6]

5 March 2001: 35 pilgrims were trampled to death in a stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual.[7]

11 February 2003: The Stoning of the Devil ritual claimed 14 pilgrims’ lives.[8]

1 February 2004: 251 pilgrims were killed and another 244 injured in a stampede during the stoning ritual in Mina.[9]

22 January 2005: A stampede through the stoning ritual in Mina led to the killing of three pilgrims[10]

12 January 2006: A stampede or crush during the Stoning of the Devil on the last day of the Hajj in Mina killed at least 346 pilgrims and injured at least 289 more. The incident occurred shortly after 13:00 local time, when a busload of travelers arrived together at the eastern access ramps to the Jamaraat Bridge. This caused pilgrims to trip, rapidly resulting in a lethal crowd collapse. An estimated two million people were performing the ritual at the time.

24 September 2015: At least 2,236[11] pilgrims were killed during a crush and stampede. The Saudi government has yet to release an official report. An Associated Press (AP) report compiled from official reports and statements totaled the deaths at at least 1,470, over 700 more than the figures from Saudi authorities, and the worst toll so far in Mecca.[12] The AP later updated its estimate to 2,411 pilgrims killed.[13]


1,646 posted on 06/24/2024 12:22:42 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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