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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Mecca - Pilgrims killed in Hajj stampede - again!

Posted: 1/12/2006 4:39:02 AM EDT

No Hadj is complete without a stampede...

Pilgrims killed in Hajj stampede

Ambulances and emergency crew are at the scene
At least 50 Muslim pilgrims have been killed in a crush in the stone-throwing ritual during the Hajj pilgrimage in Mina, Saudi Arabia, officials say.
A BBC correspondent at the scene said he saw dozens of bodies lined up on the ground, covered in white sheets.

The ritual has been marred by deadly stampedes in the past.

This year, the authorities built barriers and deployed tens of thousands of stewards in a bid to improve safety during the ceremony.

Bridge surge

"There is an accident at the beginning of the bridge of Jamarat," Adel Zamzami, head of civil defence forces in western Saudi Arabia, told the AFP news agency.

"We have a number of casualties and injuries. The [exact] number is not known yet," he said.

View the safety changes made to the Jamarat Bridge after the previous fatal stampede.

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An interior ministry spokesman, Maj Gen Mansour al-Turki, told the Associated Press news agency that the stampede happened after pieces of luggage spilled from moving buses in front of one of the entrances to the bridge, causing pilgrims to trip.

More than two million people were thought to be performing the rite, in which pilgrims hurl stones at pillars representing the spot where the devil appeared to Abraham.

In 2004, more than 200 pilgrims were trampled to death while performing the same ceremony

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4606002.stm

Posted: 1/12/2006 4:42:10 AM EDT

[#1]

OOPS.

DUPE!
4 minutes too slow.

Posted: 1/12/2006 4:43:52 AM EDT

[#2]

That's the most dangerous part of the Hajj. Very tight space, people are really worked up with hate and anger towards the symbols of Satan, they're not paying attention to the crush of the crowd.

Posted: 1/12/2006 4:48:43 AM EDT

[#3]

Screw the people! What about the poor goats??? Does anyone give a crap about them!? WE need to ban the Hajj, do it for the baby goats!

Posted: 1/12/2006 5:13:35 AM EDT

[#4]

Allah Willed It That Way......

Posted: 1/12/2006 5:18:01 AM EDT

[#5]

dupe

Posted: 1/12/2006 5:20:39 AM EDT

[#6]

The other post has 'please delete' in the last post?

Anyway... Pics and Vid on the BBC link...

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Mecca - Pilgrims killed in Hajj stampede - again!

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