Sudden Panic Killed 717 People in the Hajj Pilgrimage of Mecca Saudi Arabia

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h2 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At the least 717 plus people getting involved in the Hajj pilgrimage happen to be killed in a sudden panic at the Islamic holy location of Mecca and still counting, administrators in Saudi Arabic say.</span></h2> <div> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2006/01/12/hajj372.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Panic Killed 150 people in the Hajj pilgrimage of Mecca" border="0" height="330" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2006/01/12/hajj372.jpg" title="Panic Killed 150 people in the Hajj pilgrimage of Mecca" width="640" /></a></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Another 400 citizens were injured in the incident at Mina, the civil defence authority announced on Myspace.</span></h3> </div> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.operationworld.org/files/ow/maps/lgmap/saud-MMAP-md.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Mecca Saudi Arabia" border="0" height="450" src="http://www.operationworld.org/files/ow/maps/lgmap/saud-MMAP-md.png" title="Mecca Saudi Arabia" width="640" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The stampede occurred as higher than a million pilgrims were getting involved in the last major rite in the Hajj.</span></h3> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Earlier that month, a crane hit bottom at Mecca's Fantastic Mosque, killing 109 individuals and injuring a number of 400 others.</span></h3> <br /> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/5336/production/_85720312_43115b60-9cff-4849-8f72-a1b40a341eb8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Hajj stampede: At least 310 killed in Saudi Arabia" border="0" height="358" src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/5336/production/_85720312_43115b60-9cff-4849-8f72-a1b40a341eb8.jpg" title="Hajj stampede: At least 310 killed in Saudi Arabia" width="640" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Right up until this month, the Hajj were being largely incident-free for your past nine years following your Saudi authorities made a series of safety improvements.</span></h3> <br /> <span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hajj: Deadly incidents</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">1987:  </span>400 people die as Saudi authorities confront pro-Iranian demonstration</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">1990:  </span>1,426 pilgrims killed in tunnel leading to holy sites</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">1994:  </span>270 killed in stampede</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">1997:  </span>343 pilgrims killed and 1,500 injured in fire</b></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">2006:  </span>364 pilgrims die in a crush during the stone-throwing ritual</b></span></div>

Sudden Panic Killed 717 People in the Hajj Pilgrimage of Mecca Saudi Arabia

At the least 717 plus people getting involved in the Hajj pilgrimage happen to be killed in a sudden panic at the Islamic holy location of...

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