2024-06-18 09:53:38
Al Jazeera reporter
17/6/2024–|Final up to date: June 18, 202412:52 midday (Mecca time)
Oman- Jordan’s Ministry of International Affairs and Expatriates has introduced a rise within the variety of pilgrims dying from heatstroke within the sweltering warmth.
Ambassador Sufyan Kuda, director of the Directorate of Operations and Consular Affairs, instructed Al Jazeera that the determine was a rise from beforehand introduced figures (14 useless and 17 lacking), indicating that the most recent statistics might be launched later.
The Ministry of International Affairs additionally introduced the existence of a lot of lacking Jordanian pilgrims who misplaced contact with Arafat, a few of whose names and photographs had been circulated on the dominion’s social networking websites by family members of citizen pilgrims who had been with Arafat throughout his keep They misplaced contact.
“Not one of the useless and lacking individuals had been members of the official Jordanian Hajj delegation,” the Directorate of Operations and Consular Affairs stated in a press release, including that it had activated a disaster staff to trace burial and transport operations and seek for victims.
In a press release to the press, Saudi Info Minister Salman Al-Dossari careworn the necessity to insist on common Hajj to make sure that pilgrims have their full rights.
Pilgrims with official permits have rights assured by Saudi Arabian authorities, however these with out permits shouldn’t have these rights, he stated, “which deprives one other pilgrim from the top of the world of this exercise.” rights.” Non secular obligations. “
Discover lacking individuals
The household of the late Jordanian lady Yousra Jaber instructed Al Jazeera that she died in Arafat and that she had been noticed in Mecca together with her husband since Ramadan. Dürer misplaced contact. The message indicated he had returned to the resort.
The Ministry of Endowments stated as we speak on Monday that its groups had been capable of find “irregular” pilgrims who went lacking in a Jordanian hajj camp, whereas the search continues for many who are nonetheless lacking from the official hajj delegation.
Yesterday, Endowment Minister Muhammad Al-Khalayla instructed native media that the deceased got here on a go to visa and that the Hajj delegation didn’t present their data. He stated the reason for dying was publicity to air. Touring in excessive temperatures can result in warmth stroke, and careworn the dangers of performing hajj with out permission.
Jordanian author Yasser Al-Zaatarah commented on the deaths by way of his account on the “X” platform, calling it “a tragedy worthy of investigation” even when the trigger was the warmth Warmth stroke whereas strolling, he added.
a couple of tragedy #Jordanian_Pilgrims..
As everybody is aware of yesterday, regarding 14 individuals died and 17 are lacking.
It is a tragedy that deserves investigation, even when the dying was attributable to warmth stroke whereas strolling within the warmth.
In response to the Ministry of Endowments, they’re irregular pilgrims holding vacationer visas and most of them have been defrauded and deceived by businessmen…
— Yasser Al Zaatreh (@YZaatreh) June 17, 2024
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Well being warned via the “X” web site to not be uncovered to the solar when the temperature reaches 49 levels Celsius from midday to followingnoon, and beneficial the usage of umbrellas and consuming loads of water. Warmth stress an infection.
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