At least 717 people were killed and many were injured in a crush outside Mecca couple of days ago. The worst tragedy in 25 years at the annual Muslim pilgrimage occurred during the symbolic stoning of the devil at Mina, just outside the holy city of Mecca. Here are the actual reasons for the mammoth stampede.
Worshippers arrived in uncountable numbers on Thursday since the very next day (Friday) was Bakrid. Most of these were newcomers to the holy city and they didn’t know the rules and regulations and directions to reach the Jamarat, the place where Muslim pilgrims fling pebbles at three walls.
Usually, temperatures in Saudi are high and on Thursday the warmth reached to 46 degrees. Since the pilgrims were waiting for hours on the heat conditions, they were dehydrated and fainted, before the stampede occurred.
Saudi Govt. arranged five gates to reach Jamarat from Meena. They were announcing pilgrims should not go out in the same way they came in. Since most of the people were newcomers they used the same way for incoming as well as outgoing. It is also heard that, Saudi government didn’t give proper training for the police.
The Saudi Arabian government blamed the pilgrims for the tragedy, but worshippers opposing.
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