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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 ...
The health minister of Saudi Arabia said at least 1,301 died during the pilgrimage. [2] [7] Of the dead, at least 600 were Egyptian pilgrims. Jordanian diplomats stated that 60 Jordanians also died from extreme heat. [8] Tunisia's foreign ministry reported that at least 35 Tunisian pilgrims died during "a sharp rise in temperatures".
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 ...
Four Filipino pilgrims in their 50s died during the pilgrimage of illnesses or other 'natural causes', and were buried in Mecca. [49] The Pakistani Hajj Medical Commission has announced that approximately 130 Pakistani pilgrims died during the Hajj season in Saudi Arabia, "mostly aged and victims of pneumonia and heart patients", and that 66 ...
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.
It took place on Jamaraat Bridge around 1pm on 12 January 2006, the fifth and final day of the Hajj. [1] Between two and three million pilgrims attended the Hajj in 2006. [1] [2] Earlier, on 5 January at least 76 pilgrims died when a hostel collapsed in Mecca. [3] The incident was caused by pilgrims tripping over luggage. [1]
Of the dozens of Jordanians who died of heatstroke while performing Hajj rituals, at least 68 pilgrims have been granted burial permits to be laid to rest in Mecca on the wishes of their families ...
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.