220 ambulances and 4,000 rescue workers were deployed in the field for emergency treatment of the victims of the crush. The crush happened in Mecca’s neighborhood of Mina, which traditionally provides temporary accommodation for hundreds of thousands of pilgrims. The ritual of the ‘Stoning of the Devil’ is performed in a valley surrounding the neighborhood on […]
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Mecca stampede: 717 people killed, 863 injured in Hajj crush (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
September 24th, 2015 Awake Goy