Hundreds killed in Hajj stampede

More than 700 pilgrims were killed in a crush

at Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, where

some two million Muslims are performing

the annual Hajj pilgrimage

SAUDI

ARABIA

Sep 11, Mecca:

Riyadh

Crane collapses at

Grand Mosque,

killing 109 people

Mecca

Jamarat

Mina

Medina

4km

Pilgrims’

tents

2.5 miles

Sep 24, Mina:

Hundreds killed

in stampede at

Street 204 – one

of main arteries

from Mina to

Jamarat, where

pilgrims carry out

ritual of stoning

devil by hurling

pebbles at three

large pillars (right)

Arafat

Mount

Rahmat

Mosque

HAJJ PILGRIMAGE

Day 3: Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice):

Stoning of three pillars at Jamarat,

representing temptations of Satan

Day 1:

Pilgrims walk to

Mina where they spend night

Slaughter of animal to give

away meat to the poor

Day 2: Waqfa.

Pilgrims

climb Mount Arafat, where

Muhammad gave his

final sermon

Day 4:

Return to Mecca for final tawaf –

circling Kaaba at centre of Grand Mosque

Source: Wire agencies

Picture: Google Earth

Hundreds killed in Hajj stampede

More than 700 pilgrims were killed in a crush

at Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, where

some two million Muslims are performing

the annual Hajj pilgrimage

SAUDI

ARABIA

Sep 11, Mecca:

Riyadh

Crane collapses at

Grand Mosque,

killing 109 people

Mecca

Jamarat

Mina

Medina

4km

Pilgrims’

tents

2.5 miles

Sep 24, Mina:

Hundreds killed

in stampede at

Street 204 – one

of main arteries

from Mina to

Jamarat, where

pilgrims carry out

ritual of stoning

devil by hurling

pebbles at three

large pillars (right)

Arafat

Mount

Rahmat

Mosque

HAJJ PILGRIMAGE

Day 3: Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice):

Stoning of three pillars at Jamarat,

representing temptations of Satan

Day 1:

Pilgrims walk to

Mina where they spend night

Slaughter of animal to give

away meat to the poor

Day 2: Waqfa.

Pilgrims

climb Mount Arafat, where

Muhammad gave his

final sermon

Day 4:

Return to Mecca for final tawaf –

circling Kaaba at centre of Grand Mosque

Source: Wire agencies

Picture: Google Earth

Hundreds killed in Hajj stampede

More than 700 pilgrims were killed in a crush at Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, where some two million Muslims are performing the annual Hajj pilgrimage

Sep 24, Mina: Hundreds

killed in stampede at

Street 204 – one of

main arteries from

Mina to Jamarat, where

pilgrims carry out

ritual of stoning devil

by hurling pebbles

at three large pillars

SAUDI

ARABIA

Riyadh

Mecca

Medina

4km

Mina

Jamarat

2.5 miles

Pilgrims’

tents

Arafat

Sep 11, Mecca:

Crane collapses at

Grand Mosque,

killing 109 people

Mosque

Mount

Rahmat

HAJJ PILGRIMAGE

Day 1:

Pilgrims walk to Mina where they spend night

Day 2: Waqfa.

Pilgrims climb Mount Arafat, where

Muhammad gave his final sermon

Day 3: Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice):

Stoning of three pillars at Jamarat,

representing temptations of Satan

Slaughter of animal to give

away meat to the poor

Day 4:

Return to

Mecca for final tawaf –

circling Kaaba at centre

of Grand Mosque

Picture: Google Earth

Source: Wire agencies

Hundreds killed in Hajj stampede

More than 700 pilgrims were killed in a crush at Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, where some two million Muslims are performing the annual Hajj pilgrimage

SAUDI

ARABIA

Riyadh

Mecca

Medina

Sep 24, Mina: Hundreds killed in

stampede at Street 204 – one of

main arteries from Mina to Jamarat,

where pilgrims carry out ritual of

stoning devil by hurling pebbles

at three large pillars

4km

Jamarat

Mina

2.5 miles

Pilgrims’

tents

Arafat

Sep 11, Mecca:

Crane collapses at

Grand Mosque,

killing 109 people

Mount

Rahmat

Mosque

HAJJ PILGRIMAGE

Day 1:

Pilgrims walk to Mina

where they spend night

Day 2: Waqfa.

Pilgrims climb

Mount Arafat, where Muhammad

gave his final sermon

Day 3: Eid al-Adha

(Feast of Sacrifice):

Stoning of three

pillars at

Jamarat,

representing

temptations

of Satan

Slaughter of animal to give away

meat to the poor

Day 4:

Return to Mecca for final

tawaf – circling Kaaba at centre of

Grand Mosque