The death of 323 Egyptian pilgrims during the Hajj ceremony

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, this year’s excruciating heat in Makkah, which on the day of Eid al-Adha It also reached 48 degrees; Once again, the Hajj season was associated with the death of pilgrims.

In this regard, AFP quoted Arab diplomats as saying that 323 Egyptian pilgrims died during this year’s Hajj ceremony due to the extreme heat. Out of this number, only one person was injured due to the disturbance of the balance in the midst of the heavy crowd and died in Dar hospital.

According to a diplomat, the reason for the increase in the death of Egyptian pilgrims is that many of them Outside the official framework, they had registered and participated in the Hajj ceremony individually.

According to these diplomats, 60 Jordanian pilgrims also died due to the extreme heat and high crowding.

According to the AFP report, a total of 577 pilgrims have died during this year’s Hajj ceremony due to the heat and overcrowding, and now there are 550 bodies in Al-Mu’Aism morgue, the largest morgue in Makkah.

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According to a study published in Saudi Arabia last month, the Hajj temperature increases by 0.4 degrees Celsius every decade. This year, about 1.8 million pilgrims, including 1.6 million pilgrims from outside Saudi Arabia, participated in the Hajj ceremony.

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