22h 20min, feb 1, 2004 y - Major
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(2004)
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On February 1st, 2004, 244 people are injured and some were trampled to death in a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. At 9:00am a stampede broke out during the ritual of stoning of pillars to symbolize the devil. Some witnesses told that they saw at least 50 bodies on the roadside to be killed during the ritual. In the ritual they use the pilgrims to take part to be killed.
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