July 3 of the year 1990 is considered one of the saddest days in the history of the stampede. On this fateful day, 1426 pilgrims were killed in a stampede after a stampede in the tunnel in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It was a catastrophic event that recorded the highest number of casualties in any Haj disaster. Apart from the local people among the dead, there were many people from Malaysia, Indonesia and Pakistan.
So what really happened on this day in 1990?
On this day, during their Hajj, the pilgrims were on their way through a 550-metre-long, 10-metre-wide foot tunnel, at 10 a.m. on their way to stone the Shaitan’s ritual (at the Al-Jamarat site in the city of Mina) that led Mecca to Mina. attached to). It so happened that 7 people fell from a pedestrian overhead bridge (the railing of which was damaged); Around the same time the pilgrims were passing under the tunnel.
The incident of these people accidentally falling off the bridge caused a sudden panic in the already filled tunnel which was filled with 5000 people while its capacity was only 1000.
Moreover, the extreme heat outside (44 degrees Celsius), poor ventilation inside the tunnel and sudden power cuts added to the terror of the pilgrims.
It led to the worst, deadliest stampede, and killed many Hajj pilgrims from all over the world; An event that was considered the darkest day in the history of Hajj tragedies.
Hajj is an annual Muslim pilgrimage to the holy sites of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia. The cases of such unfortunate incidents, while people travel to Mecca, have increased significantly due to the huge crowd during Hajj.
Following the tragedy, Saudi Arabian authorities have tried to come up with a better way to prevent such catastrophic incidents by building ramps and walkways.
However, in 2015, the Meena stampede was yet another tragic tragic event in which over 2000 pilgrims died.
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