Death toll tops 1,000 after Haj marked by extreme heat

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For the first time, Saudi authorities have commented on the heat victims of the pilgrimage to Mecca. The full number of deaths is far from being recorded. Believers without an official ticket were particularly affected.

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Most of the victims were unauthorized Egyptians; temperatures reached 51.8ºC. Yaser, a 60-year-old Egyptian engineer, made the hajj pilgrimage in Mecca last week without obtaining the permission he had been requesting for years. Today, he bitterly regrets his decision. Although he survived the exhausting rituals of the Muslim sacred ceremony, he lost his wife, Safa, on Sunday, and fears that she is among the more than 1,100 people killed, mostly…

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At least 75 Jordanian, 49 Tunisian and 300 Egyptian pilgrims lost their lives. In total, more than 1000 deaths have already been reported

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The number of deaths in Saudi Arabia mainly attributed to the effects of extreme heat during this year's pilgrimage to Mecca, the holiest city for Muslims, has exceeded 1,000, according to a count prepared by the AFP agency. Deaths during this annual procession to the heart of Islam are common, but the figure recorded this time highlights Riyadh's difficulties in controlling the flow of those who attend the appointment without permission and the…

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Le pèlerinage du hadj s’est déroulé dans des conditions de chaleur extrême, les températures atteignant les 51,8 °C en Arabie saoudite. Près de 1000 personnes sont décédées et d’autres toujours portées disparuesPlus de 1000 fidèles, dont une majorité de nationalité égyptienne, sont morts en raison de la canicule pendant le hadj qui s’est déroulé la semaine dernière, selon un décompte de l’AFP. En Arabie saoudite, les températures avaient atteint…