More than 1,300 people died during Hajj, many of them after walking in the scorching heat
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83% of the 1,301 fatalities were unauthorized pilgrims who walked long distances in soaring temperatures, the Saudi health minister said.

More than 1,000 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabiaas the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, officials said Sunday.

More than half of the fatalities were people from Egypt, according to two officials in Cairo. Egypt revoked the licenses of 16 travel agencies that helped unauthorized pilgrims travel to Saudi Arabia, authorities said.

Saudi Arabia has not commented on the deaths during the pilgrimage, which is required of every able Muslim once in their life.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    203·
    7 days ago

    Even though I agree with you as a Lemmy user, unfortunately, as a moderator, I can’t justify deleting posts about already-reported stories because they aren’t against the rules in the sidebar. Exceptions have been made with breaking news stories that are just flooding people’s feeds, but I don’t feel right enforcing an unwritten rule like that in general.