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What’s behind deaths at this 12 months’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia?

What’s behind deaths at this 12 months’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia?


By Zahra Fatima and BBC World ServiceBBC Information

Getty Images People arriving at the Mina tent camp carying sun umbrellasGetty Pictures

A whole lot of individuals are thought to have died in the course of the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia – most of them resulting from excessive warmth as temperatures soared previous 51C (123F).

AFP information company quoted an Arab diplomat as saying 658 Egyptians had died. Indonesia mentioned that greater than 200 of its nationals had died. India mentioned 98 folks had been identified to have died.

Pakistan, Malaysia, Jordan, Iran, Senegal, Sudan and Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan area have additionally confirmed deaths. The US believes various Individuals died, the Wall Road…



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