1987 Mecca incident

When

31 Jul 1987

Kind

Event

Coordinates

21.44° N, 39.83° E

Description

Four hundred pilgrims are killed in clashes between demonstrating Iranian pilgrims and Saudi Arabian security forces in Mecca.

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Clash between Shia pilgrims and Saudi Arabian security forces

On 31 July 1987, during the Hajj in Mecca, a clash between Shia pilgrim demonstrators and the Saudi Arabian security forces resulted in the death of more than 400 people. The event has been variously described as a "riot" or a "massacre". It developed from increasing tensions between Shia Iran and Sunni Saudi Arabia since the 1979 Iranian Revolution.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bei Unruhen in Mekka sterben knapp 400 Menschen bei Auseinandersetzungen zwischen iranischen Pilgern und saudischen Sicherheitskräften”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “manifestation sanglante de pèlerins iraniens à la grande mosquée de La Mecque”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “مظاهرات سياسية في مكة قام بها حجيج إيرانيون في أثناء موسم الحج أدت لاشتباكات مع قوات الأمن السعودية مخلفةً 402 قتلى”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page