Hi, Folks -

Perhaps this is where all those trucks with red crescents on them, being transported by train in Georgia on August 2, were truly headed. (?)

Wikipedia reports:

On 24 September 2015, a stampede resulted in the deaths of at least 717 pilgrims[1] and injured 863 others during the annual Hajj in Mecca.[2] It is the deadliest accident to occur in the Hajj since the 1990 stampede that killed 1,426 people.[3]

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According to a statement by the Saudi civil defence directorate, the stampede occurred at 09:00 Mecca time (06:00 UTC) at the junction between street 204 and 223 as pilgrims were en route to the Jamaraat Bridge. The Saudi Interior Ministry stated that the stampede was triggered when two large groups of pilgrims intersected from different directions onto the same street.[2] The junction lay between two pilgrim camp sites. An estimated 160,000 tents are distributed across several camp sites in Mina.[13]

The Saudi Civil Defence directorate announced the deployment of 4,000 personnel to the stampede site alongside 220 emergency response units.[13] Pilgrims were redirected away from the stampede site.[14] The Saudi Red Crescent was also mobilised and the injured are being treated at four hospitals.[2]

Full page at Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Hajj_stampede

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