Tragedy at Mecca

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

When you have 2 million plus people parading around all trying to go to all the same spots in one day, it's just amazing this few get crushed.

Since 1990, about 3,200 people have been trampled during the Hajj. In other incidents, riots, fires, bombings and building collapses, about 1,200 have died. Illnesses and transportation accidents have taken quite a toll too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incidents_during_the_Hajj