Rescue operations are currently under way, the service said on Twitter, after the stampede in Mina near Mecca, where hundreds of thousands of pilgrims were taking part in the 'stoning of the devil', last major rite of the Hajj pilgrimage.
The civil defense team also said that their teams on the ground are leading pilgrims to safer routes away from the stampede through alternate routes and that rescue operations are still underway.
Footage from the scene show people lying on the floor while emergency crews tend to the injured. Images shared on Twitter also show neighboring hospitals in the area getting ready.
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- Hajj stampede: At least 220 killed in Saudi Arabia...
At least 220 people taking part in
the Hajj pilgrimage have been killed in a stampede near the Islamic holy
city of Mecca, officials in Saudi Arabia say.
Another 450 people were injured in the incident at Mina, between Mount Arafat and Mecca's Grand Mosque.The stampede occurred as more than a million pilgrims were taking part in the last major rite of the Hajj.
Earlier this month, a crane collapsed at Mecca's Grand Mosque, killing 109 people and injuring some 400 others.
The Hajj had been largely incident-free for the past nine years as a result of a series of safety improvements made the Saudi authorities.
In 2006, a stampede during the symbolic stoning of the devil at Mina left 364 pilgrims dead.
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Saudi Arabia’s civil defense says that at least 310 pilgrims have died while 450 others were injured when a stampede broke out in the tent city of Mina, reported Al Arabiya News.
ReplyDeleteRescue operations are currently under way, the service said on Twitter, after the stampede in Mina near Mecca, where hundreds of thousands of pilgrims were taking part in the 'stoning of the devil', last major rite of the Hajj pilgrimage.
Al Arabiya News Channel’s correspondent Abdulrahman Al-Osaimi reporting from Mina emergency hospital said the stampede happened at the entrance of the Jamarat bridge near Street 204, not inside of the area where the stoning pillars are.
“The injured have been distributed to four other hospitals in the Mina area. Some of the injured have been evacuated by helicopters to hospitals in Makkah city,” our reporter said.
The civil defense team also said that their teams on the ground are leading pilgrims to safer routes away from the stampede through alternate routes and that rescue operations are still underway.
Footage from the scene show people lying on the floor while emergency crews tend to the injured. Images shared on Twitter also show neighboring hospitals in the area getting ready.
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24/9/15
More than 200 people were killed on Thursday in a stampede at Mina, outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca, during the annual hajj pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia’s civil defence service said....
ReplyDeleteAt least another 400 people were injured in the incident, the service said on Twitter, adding that rescue operations were under way.
Almost two million people are expected to take part in this year's hajj, a pilgrimage all able-bodied Muslims are expected to carry out at least once as a religious duty.
The pilgrimage has been marred by numerous stampedes in the past, including one in 1990 that saw more than 1,400 killed.
Though it has been largely incident-free in recent years after safety improvements, a construction crane toppled into a courtyard of Mecca's Grand Mosque during high winds earlier this month, killing more than 100 people.
Thursday also marked the start of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, REUTERS)
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Bei der muslimischen Pilgerfahrt Hadsch in Saudi-Arabien sind bei einer Massenpanik mindestens 310 Menschen getötet worden. Bei dem Unglück vor den Toren der heiligen Stadt Mekka seien zudem weitere 450 Menschen verletzt worden, teilte der Zivilschutz des Landes mit...
ReplyDeleteZu dem Unglück kam es in der Nähe des Ortes Mina, wo die Gläubigen am dritten Tag der Wallfahrt symbolisch den Teufel steinigen. Dort hatte es in den vergangenen Jahren mehrere Baumaßnahmen gegeben, die einen Massenandrang verhindern sollten. Doch bereits am gestrigen Mittwoch erlitten mehr als 200 Menschen an einem Bahnhof in Mina in großem Gedränge Schwäche- und Ohnmachtsanfälle. Dort war der Zugverkehr wegen eines technischen Defekts gestört.
Nach Angaben saudischer Medien haben sich in diesem Jahr mehr als zwei Millionen Menschen auf die Pilgerfahrt nach Mekka gemacht, darunter fast 1,4 Millionen aus anderen Ländern. Bei den Massenveranstaltungen kommt es immer wieder zu Unfällen und Tragödien. Gerade in Mina rund fünf Kilometer vor den Toren Mekkas gab es in der Vergangenheit schon mehrfach Tote bei Pilgerreisen. 1990 ereignete sich das bislang schlimmste Unglück im Zuge der Hadsch-Festlichkeiten. In einem überfüllten Fußgängertunnel zu den heiligen Stätten in Mekka kam es zu einer Massenpanik, 1.426 Pilger starben...............zeit.de
At least 453 people were killed and 719 hurt in a stampede of pilgrims Thursday in one of the worst incidents in years to hit the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia, the government's civil defence service said on its Twitter account....
ReplyDeleteSaudi Arabia's civil defense service released the toll and said rescue operations by 4000 of its personnel were under way after the stampede in Mena, where almost two million pilgrims were taking part in the last major rite of the hajj.
The civil defense sevice said casualties hail from all sorts of nationalities.
It was not immediately clear what had caused the stampede............AFP
Hajj stampede: At least 717 killed in Saudi Arabia...
ReplyDeleteAt least 717 people taking part in the Hajj pilgrimage have been killed in a stampede near the Islamic holy city of Mecca, officials in Saudi Arabia say.
Another 863 people were injured in the incident at Mina, which occurred as two million pilgrims were taking part in the Hajj's last major rite.
They converge on Mina to throw stones at pillars representing the devil.
Preparations for the Hajj were marred when a crane collapsed at Mecca's Grand Mosque this month, killing 109 people.
It is the deadliest incident to occur during the Hajj in 25 years.
Pilgrims travel to Mina, a large valley about 5km (3 miles) from Mecca, during the Hajj to throw seven stones at pillars called Jamarat, which represent the devil.
The pillars stand at three spots where Satan is believed to have tempted the Prophet Abraham......BBC