Saudi Arabia denies that the nation failed throughout this yr’s hajj

There have been stories from a number of nations that pilgrims who had traveled to Mecca to participate within the Hajj have misplaced their lives. Lots of the deaths are linked to the intense warmth.

– The state didn’t fail, however misjudgments had been made by individuals who didn’t perceive the dangers, says a centrally positioned Saudi Arabian spokesperson to the AFP information company.

The remark is the primary Saudi Arabian authorities have made on the matter. In line with the company, a depend on Friday reveals that not less than 1,126 deaths have been reported. Over half of the lifeless had been Egyptians.

The Saudi consultant says authorities have confirmed 577 deaths on the 2 busiest days of the pilgrimage: Saturday, when pilgrims gathered for hours of prayer within the scorching solar on Mount Arafat, and Sunday, when the ritual stoning of the satan passed off in Mina outdoors Mecca .

– This occurred in tough climate circumstances and in very excessive temperatures, says the individual, who acknowledges that the determine of 577 doesn’t embrace all the times or all who died.

The annual hajj pilgrimage is among the 5 pillars of Islam, which all Muslims who’re ready to take action should undertake not less than as soon as.