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Paris, June 2, 2025 (AFP) - Hajj disasters: stampedes, infernos and a bloody siege

NAMPA / AFP
2025-06-02
It is Islam's holiest pilgrimage, but the hajj to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, which begins on Wednesday, has in recent decades been plagued by deadly disasters, from stampedes to militant attacks. Last year, 1,301 pilgrims, most of them unregistered and lacking access to air-conditioned tents and buses, died as temperatures soared to 51.8 degrees Celsius. Here are some incidents that have marred the centuries-old pilgrimage: The worst hajj disaster......
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