Safety measures were in place at the site -- one where fatal stampedes have been frequent -- but "caution isn't stronger than fate," Saudi Hajj Minister Iyad Madani said. The tragedy marked the ...

In 2001, 35 people died in a stampede during the devil stoning ritual, while in 1998, some 180 died. In the worst Hajj-related disaster, 1,426 people died in 1990 during a stampede in a tunnel ...

Stampede in three parts of the country has tragically claimed at least 50 lives, highlighting urgent safety concerns at crowded events.

WALE AKINSELURE writes on the stampedes in Ibadan, Abuja and Okija, which led to the deaths of at least 67 people, including ...

Egyptian worshippers pray during a memorial for the victims who were killed in a stampede during the hajj pilgrimage in Mina, Saudi Arabia, at the Omar Makram mosque, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday ...

The death of at least 56 people in a stampede at a soccer stadium in Nzérékoré ... Some of the deadliest modern crowd crushes have occurred during the hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage ...

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In the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, women weep as the body of their mother, who died from a stampede at a religious ... During the annual Hajj, Muslim pilgrims gather atop a rocky hill known ...