What the records say
- When
- 9 Apr 1998
- Kind
- Crowd crush
- Coordinates
- 21.42° N, 39.86° E
- Description
- 1998 tragedy in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Placed at the middle of the 3 places Wikidata lists.
1998 Hajj stampede
1998 tragedy in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
The 1998 Hajj stampede resulted in the deaths of at least 118 pilgrims on 9 April 1998 during the Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The stampede occurred during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on Jamaraat Bridge.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “По меньшей мере 107 паломников погибло в предместье Мекки в давке, которая возникла при выполнении одного из ритуалов Хаджа, когда паломники совершали обряд…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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