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At least 550 hajj pilgrims die in scorching temperatures (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 5 months ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Uhh, normally that would be a crazy number, but it's Hajj. Is it still a crazy number?

[–] alyaza@beehaw.org 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

yes; as far as i'm aware there has never been a mass-death event like this in the contemporary history of the Hajj, although it's always been arduous and more potentially deadly when it falls during the summer

[–] DdCno1@beehaw.org 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Nope, these mass death events are a regular occurrence due to the Saudi government's incompetence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incidents_during_the_Hajj

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Jesus! (Or Isa?) Some of these were like single localised events. I was just thinking about how many people come through without even bringing that into it.

Well, I guess a casual disregard for the life and limb of non-elite non-Saudis is pretty on brand for them.

[–] DdCno1@beehaw.org 4 points 5 months ago

Yup, they are one of the most inhuman regimes on the planet, right up there with the likes of China and North Korea: https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/08/21/they-fired-us-rain/saudi-arabian-mass-killings-ethiopian-migrants-yemen-saudi

[–] Devi@beehaw.org 6 points 5 months ago

We're up to 922 according to that link. That's insane.