Sources: bbc.com, turan.az
On September 24 a member of Hajj from Azerbaijan Fakhraddin Zeynalov died of a heart attack in Mecca. According to
Turan
, his death is not related to the stampede that occurred the same day.
Over 2 million Muslims from all over the world headed to Saudi Arabia for the Hajj, an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca. On Thursday at 9.00 local time a crush occurred when pilgrims were taking part in the Hajj’s final major rite,
BBC
reports. At least 717 people died and 863 were injured in a stampede near the holy city of Mecca.
Extremely hot weather with temperatures around 46C and massive lines of pilgrims caused panic and heavy pushing among pilgrims. This is the deadliest incident to occur during the pilgrimage in 25 years, BBC reports.
