Deaths recorded amongst Moroccan pilgrims, and the Ministry of Endowments adheres to the silence of the graves.

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Deaths have been recorded amongst Moroccan pilgrims, in alternate for the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs’ dedication to the silence of the graves, as no report was issued concerning the scenario of Moroccans, nor the variety of recorded deaths, particularly following information unfold confirming the dying of dozens of pilgrims this season.

Al-Sabah indicated that information advised that the deaths have been because of outdated age, power illnesses, and the climate situation this yr characterised by extreme warmth, including that the numbers conflicted relating to the recorded deaths.

Sources spoke concerning the presence of lacking and misplaced individuals, as group chat websites (WhatsApp) contributed to the connection of teams of pilgrims and the alternate of details regarding the members of every group led by a supervisor. Kinfolk of pilgrims spoke concerning the ill-treatment of the supervisors, and their failure to answer calls broadcast within the group, and likewise concerning the mistreatment of the supervisors. Direct calls to ask regarding a person who’s misplaced, or who didn’t be part of the group for unknown causes.

The identical sources indicated that what the pilgrims skilled final Friday and Saturday contributed to the deteriorating well being scenario of quite a lot of Moroccan pilgrims, particularly those that mightn’t discover shelter in Mina because of inadequate tents and beds, and who have been compelled to stay uncovered to the solar and sleep within the open or between the aisles, as Pilgrims belonging to the Al-Hasani neighborhood in Al-Bayda continued to make their appeals within the group designated for communication between the members of the group, which incorporates fifty ladies, and their supervisors, however they have been to no avail. Slightly, sources from the identical group indicated that the supervisor assigned to them had intentionally blocked quite a lot of ladies below the pretext that they They exhausted her with cellphone calls.

On this context, ladies from the identical group have been prevented from getting into the tent for no obvious motive, and regardless of their inquiries by way of the identical group, they didn’t obtain a solution, as they continued carrying their baggage and ready in useless, as recordings of the chat have been despatched to these in want, by way of which they realized concerning the ordeal. What their family lived by way of, which left deep resentment amongst everybody who heard these calls demanding a spot to shelter and defend themselves from the warmth of the solar.

Based on the identical supply, quite a lot of feminine staff belonging to the above-mentioned staff weren’t spared the identical methodology, as they lived by way of troublesome moments, and a few of them grew to become misplaced as a result of transport bus drivers’ renunciation of their obligations, as they unloaded the wants removed from the tents, leaving them uncovered to extreme warmth and strolling to achieve their place. The place designated for them.

The variety of Moroccan pilgrims this season reached 34,000, 15 % of whom have been aged, over 82 years of age, and temperatures witnessed an unprecedented rise.