2024-06-24 07:05:35
At the least 500 pilgrims of various nationalities misplaced their lives all through this week as a result of excessive temperatures current through the celebrations of the annual pilgrimage ‘Hajj’ within the metropolis of Mecca, in Saudi Arabia.
Medical sources within the metropolis report the most important variety of corpses within the historical past of the Al Muaisem morgue registering 550 and so they worry that through the subsequent days of the non secular day these will improve.
It’s talked about that the deceased offered well being problems associated to warmth stroke after temperatures between 45 and 52 levels have been recorded within the metropolis throughout peak hours.
Among the many deceased are 352 Egyptian pilgrims and at the least 60 Jordanians, in addition to the dying of 11 Iranian residentswhereas one other 26 are hospitalized.
It’s estimated that at the least 1.83 million of Muslims carried out the Hajj this 2024, based on the Saudi Minister of Hajj and Umrah, Tawfiq bin Fawzan. The celebration of Hajj It’s an occasion that each Muslim is obliged to do at the least as soon as of their life if their bodily situation and funds permit it.
🇪🇬🇸🇦 | #URGENT • Greater than 550 Egyptians died as a result of warmth through the pilgrimage to Mecca, in Saudi Arabia
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