At least 717 folks were killed during a stampede tragedy at the annual pillar of Islam journey, Saudi Arabia's civil defence board of directors aforementioned. The board of directors aforementioned a minimum of 850 different pilgrims were slashed in Thursday's stampede, that passed off in Mina, on the outskirts of the Heavenly City of Mecca.
Mina is wherever pilgrims perform a symbolic lapidation of the devil by throwing pebbles against 3 stone walls. It additionally homes over one hundred sixty thousand tents where the pilgrims spend the night during the journey.
Al Jazeera's Basma Atassi, coverage from Mina, aforementioned the incident passed off during a street between pilgrim camps. "The street wherever it happened is known as Road 204. This stampede failed to happen at the location of the 'stoning of the devil' ritual, that was happening these days"
“During and when the stampede the pilgrims continued to flock into Mina to perform the devil lapidation ritual."
An amateur video shared on social media showed a horrific scene, with innumerable bodies - the boys wearing the straightforward terry fabric clothes worn throughout pillar of Islam - lying amid crushed wheelchairs and water bottles on a street. Survivors assessed the scene from the highest of edge stalls close to white tents as rescue employees in orange and yellow vests combed the realm.
About 4,000 rescue services personnel were taking part within the operation to assist the slashed and concerning 220 ambulances were directed to the scene, a civil defence representative aforementioned.
Photos discharged by the board of directors on its official Twitter account showed rescue employees serving to the wounded onto stretchers and loading them onto ambulances close to a number of the tents.
Al Jazeera's Omar Alsaleh, coverage from Mecca, aforementioned the quantity of deaths could rise.
"This is just the initial variety ... The pillar of Islam season was already overshadowed by Grus accident that killed 107 folks and wounded over two hundred," Alsaleh aforementioned, adding: "The space has turned to a giant large construction web site to permit a lot of pilgrims to go to Mecca throughout pillar of Islam.
"Mina has over one hundred sixty thousand tents divided over many camps, and with the one, nine million folks collaborating during this year's pillar of Islam, you'll perceive the supply nightmare that the Saudi authorities face."
Deadly pillar of Islam incidents
Saudi authorities take in depth precautions to confirm the protection of the pillar of Islam and also the safety of pilgrims. however tragedies aren't uncommon.
In 2006, over 360 pilgrims were killed during a stampede at the desert plain of Mina, wherever pilgrims dole out the symbolic lapidation of the devil ritual.
The day before the 2006 pillar of Islam began, a building getting used as a hostel close to the Grand house of God in Mecca folded, killing a minimum of seventy three folks.
Two years earlier, a crush of pilgrims at Mina killed 244 pilgrims and slashed tons of on the ultimate day of the pillar of Islam ceremonies.
In 2001, a stampede at Mina throughout the ultimate day of the journey ceremonies killed thirty five pilgrims.
The worst hajj-related tragedy, that occurred in 1990, claimed the lives of one, 426 pilgrims during a stampede in an overcrowded pedestrian tunnel resulting in holy sites in Mecca.
Other reportable
At least 849 pilgrimage pilgrims were reportable killed and nearly 870 others slashed during a stampede in Mina in Mecca province in western Asian country on weekday morning.
According to an area report, the incident passed off around five am (local time) as thousands of pilgrimage pilgrims hurried through the road 204 in Mina to participate within the 'stoning of the devil' ritual in Jamarat.
Jamarat is dole out on Eid al-Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice, and it symbolises the rejection of sin and temptation.
The stampede passed off at the road 204 in Mina, that is one amongst the 2 main roads that results in camp Jamarat, wherever pilgrims ritual stone the devil by hurling pebbles. The pilgrims were allowed to continue with the 'stoning of the devil' when the civil defences forces clear the bodies and took away the slashed.
Most of these crushed to death within the stampede were senior. Native broadcaster Al Arabiya reportable citing Saudi civil defence that things has been brought in restraint.
As per the newest figures, the toll stood at 849, whereas 870 others were slashed. Authorities feared that the toll could increase.
The slashed are hurried to General hospital Mina, Noor and Al-Watani Hospital urban center, whereas the officers square measure moving the bodies out of Mina. An emergency situation has been declared the least bit the hospitals in Mecca. Most of these killed and slashed were pilgrims from Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, and Arabian. it's reportable.
Unconfirmed reports urged that thirteen Indians were among those killed. Over 1.5 large integer Indians square measure among the pilgrimage pilgrims from across the globe WHO square measure in Mecca for the journey
Emergency helpline numbers for Indians in Mecca for Haj 2015 :
00966125458000
00966125496000
Emergency helpline numbers for Indonesian in Mecca for Haj 2015
+966-54360-3154
We hope Mina tragedy never happen again in the future,
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