A huge stampede killed at least 717 people and injured hundreds more at
the Haj in Saudi Arabia on Thursday Sep 24,2015, in one of the worst-ever tragedies
at the annual Muslim pilgrimage.
The stampede, the second deadly accident to hit the pilgrims this month
following a crane collapse in Mecca, broke out during the symbolic
stoning of the devil ritual
The
death toll is at least 719, with more than 800 injured, but authorities
warned that they expected the numbers to increase as they continued to
count the bodies
A large proportion - at least 131 - were Iranians
More
than 220 rescue vehicles and 4,000 members of the emergency services
were deployed to try to ease the congestion and provide alternative exit
routes Deaths
such as these have occurred numerous times during Hajj despite the use
of surveillance cameras to limit the number of people converging on the
site. The disaster is the worst to strike the pilgrimage since 1990 when
at least 1,426 pilgrims perished in a stampede in an overcrowded
pedestrian tunnel leading to holy sites. 14 Indians, including Mohammed from Kerala and Bibijan from Hyderabad,
being killed at the Mecca stampede, Haj Committee of India CEO Ataur
Rahman toldAt least 13 Indians were injured among more than 800 being treated for wounds in Saudi hospitals
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