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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 ...
On 21 May 1930 the Fabre Line's SS Asia, having brought 700 Algerian pilgrims to Mecca for the Hajj and then loaded some 1,500 pilgrims, c. 1,200 of them Yemenis returning to Aden and c. 300 from French Somaliland returning to Djibouti, caught fire in Jeddah harbour. At least 112 pilgrims died, possibly many more. [45]
The group her parents were traveling with, which included up to 100 fellow pilgrims, lacked sufficient food and supplies for the five-to-six-day journey that is a pillar of Islam, she said.
During the Hajj, overcrowding on the bridge can create a hazard. Being the last day of the Hajj, some will bring their luggage. On May 23, 1994, a stampede killed at least 270 pilgrims. On April 9, 1998, at least 118 pilgrims were trampled to death and 180 injured. [2] On March 5, 2001, 35 pilgrims were trampled to death in a stampede.
A Saudi statement on the incident blamed pilgrims who were rushing to throw their stones as causing the stampede. [4] The Saudis reported that 829 people died during the hajj, including 270 killed in the stampede, 536 who died from natural causes (which included sun stroke), and 23 from isolated incidents.
Hundreds of people have died and thousands have been treated for heatstroke while performing the annual Muslim Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca amid extreme temperatures. Hundreds of Hajj pilgrims die as ...
Saudi officials concluded that crowd hysteria occurring from the falling pilgrims was the cause. [8] Many who died were of Malaysian, [9] Indonesian and Pakistani origin. [10] [11] [12] According to one Malaysian account, 80 percent of the deaths occurred outside the tunnel, and 20 percent (about 285) inside. [13]
More than 1.83 million Muslims performed the Hajj in 2024, including more than 1.6 million pilgrims from 22 countries, and around 222,000 Saudi citizens and residents, according to the Saudi Hajj ...