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Another Stampede Eyewitness Report

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Hadrami

Another Stampede Eyewitness Report
« on: September 30, 2015, 03:17:37 AM »
http://www.onislam.net/english/news/asia-pacific/494303-inspiring-stories-of-surviving-mina-stampede.html

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Recalling the stampede, a Pakistani teacher described how he saved his wife during the stampede in Mina by pulling her from her wheelchair.

Alamzeb Khan, 48, and his wife, who was suffering from a high fever, were almost killed when the crowd panicked.

“It looked like the Day of Judgment,” he said. “To save their lives, some pilgrims trampled other pilgrims as if they were not human,” he said.

According to Khan, the stampede occurred when two groups of pilgrims, some from Iran and some from Africa, crashed into each other.

If that is true, then we can assume most victims would be from Iran & African groups. Anyone knows the numbers??
« Last Edit: September 30, 2015, 03:37:39 AM by Hadrami »

Bolani Muslim

Re: Another Stampede Eyewitness Report
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2015, 04:55:32 AM »
When it said 'Aftican' I assumed 'black'. So after adding the dead+injured from Wikepedia. I got around ~186 dead Africans and a total of dead and injured ~409 (black) Africans while Iranians were ~239 dead and a total of ~253 injured and dead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Mina_stampede

Hadrami

Re: Another Stampede Eyewitness Report
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2015, 05:21:12 AM »
When it said 'Aftican' I assumed 'black'. So after adding the dead+injured from Wikepedia. I got around ~186 dead Africans and a total of dead and injured ~409 (black) Africans while Iranians were ~239 dead and a total of ~253 injured and dead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Mina_stampede

"64 Nigerian pilgrims have been confirmed dead, while 71 were injured and 244 declared missing"

http://thestreetjournal.org/2015/09/hajj-tragedy-latest-64-nigerian-pilgrims-dead-71-injured-244-missing/

 

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