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On 24 September 2015, an event described as a "[[Stampede#Human stampedes and crushes|crush and stampede]]"<ref name=Gambrell /> caused deaths estimated at well over 2,000 pilgrims, suffocated or crushed during the annual [[Hajj]] pilgrimage in [[Mina, Saudi Arabia|Mina]], [[Mecca]], Saudi Arabia. The high number of deaths caused by the disaster make it the deadliest Hajj disaster in history.<ref name=Gambrell>{{cite news|title=Saudi crush was deadliest hajj tragedy ever |first1=Jon |last1=Gambrell |first2=Munir |last2=Ahmed |first3=Mohamed |last3=Osman |first4=Aya |last4=Batrawy |first5=Maram |last5=Mazen |url=https://news.yahoo.com/ap-exclusive-saudi-hajj-disaster-deadliest-ever-strike-111906027.html |work=[[Yahoo! News]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=9 October 2015 |accessdate=10 October 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151014051952/http://news.yahoo.com/ap-exclusive-saudi-hajj-disaster-deadliest-ever-strike-111906027.html |archivedate=14 October 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name="AFP-14-Oct">{{cite news|title=Foreign toll figures show hajj tragedy deadliest in history|url=https://news.yahoo.com/foreign-toll-figures-show-hajj-tragedy-deadliest-history-091459114.html|publisher=[[Yahoo! News]]|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]|date=14 October 2015|accessdate=14 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="AP-14-Oct">{{cite news|title=New tally shows at least 1,621 killed in Saudi hajj tragedy|first1=Jon|last1=Gambrell|first2=Aya| last2=Batrawy|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-new-tally-shows-at-least-1621-killed-in-saudi-hajj-tragedy-2015-10||work=[[Business Insider]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=14 October 2015|accessdate=14 October 2015}}</ref> Estimates of the number of dead vary; the [[Associated Press]] reported {{As of|alt=2,411|2015|12|10}} dead,<ref name="AP-10-12">{{cite news|title=Hajj Stampede in September Killed Over 2,400, New Count Finds|first=Jon|last=Gambrell|first2=Baba|last2=Ahmed |url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/12/10/world/middleeast/ap-ml-saudi-hajj.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=9 December 2015|accessdate=9 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Iran holds funeral for diplomat killed in Saudi hajj crush |url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/a7713a35e7314dd7824326f3ee5638f1/iran-holds-funeral-diplomat-killed-saudi-hajj-crush |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=27 November 2015 |accessdate=29 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208212802/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/a7713a35e7314dd7824326f3ee5638f1/iran-holds-funeral-diplomat-killed-saudi-hajj-crush |archivedate=8 December 2015 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> while [[Agence France-Presse]] reported {{As of|alt=2,236|2015|11|27}} killed.<ref name="AFP-27-11" /> Based on the total of the individual national reports cited in the table below ([[2015 Mina stampede#The disaster|nationalities of victims]]), at least {{As of|alt=2,431|2015|12|17}} people died.<ref group=note>This figure is based on the total of people killed from the most recent sources used to create the "Nationalities of victims" table, and is calculated from those sources by Wikipedia editors. Note that the total of all deaths reported by nation (2,431) is higher than total deaths reported by most up-to-date sources ([[Associated Press|AP]]: 2,411 & [[Agence France-Presse|AFP]]: 2,286). Some of those killed may have held multiple citizenships or some national counts or references may be incorrect.</ref> The government of [[Saudi Arabia]] officially reported two days after the event that there had been 769 deaths and 934 injured.<ref name="AP-10-12" /><ref name=bbctoll>{{cite news|title=Hajj stampede: Saudi officials clarify toll after questions|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34391055|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=29 September 2015|accessdate=1 October 2015}}</ref><ref name=itv2>{{cite news|title=Hajj stampede death toll 'rises up to 1,100' as Saudi Arabia faces criticism over safety record|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/hajj-stampede-death-toll-rises-1100-saudi-arabia-faces-criticism-over-safety-record-1521334|first=Mark|last=Piggott|work=[[International Business Times]]|date=26 September 2015|accessdate=1 October 2015}}</ref> These figures remained official at the time of the following year's Hajj and were never updated.<ref name=saudifig>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3781092/As-hajj-nears-questions-deadly-2015-stampede-remain.html |title=As hajj nears, questions about deadly 2015 stampede remain |newspaper=Daily Mail |date=9 September 2016 |agency=Associated Press |accessdate=8 October 2016}}</ref> The largest number of victims was from Iran, followed by Mali and Nigeria.<ref name=PressTV>{{cite web |url=http://presstv.ir/Detail/2016/09/09/483953/Iran-Saudi-Arabia-Hajj-Pilgrimage-Saeed-Ohadi-AFP |title=Mecca, Medina properties of Islam, not Al Saud: Iran |agency=Press TV |date= 9 September 2016 |accessdate=8 November 2016}}</ref> |
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On 24 September 2015! an event described as a "[[Stampede#Human stampedes and crushes|crush and stampede]]"<ref name=Gambrell /> caused deaths estimated at well over 2,000 pilgrims! suffocated or crushed during the annual [[Hajj]] pilgrimage in [[Mina, Saudi Arabia|Mina]]! [[Mecca]]! Baraem town! The high number of deaths caused by the disaster make it the deadliest Hajj disaster in history!<ref name=Gambrell>{{cite news|title=Saudi crush was deadliest hajj tragedy ever |first1=Jon |last1=Gambrell |first2=Munir |last2=Ahmed |first3=Mohamed |last3=Osman |first4=Aya |last4=Batrawy |first5=Maram |last5=Mazen |url=https://news.yahoo.com/ap-exclusive-saudi-hajj-disaster-deadliest-ever-strike-111906027.html |work=[[Yahoo! News]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=9 October 2015 |accessdate=10 October 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151014051952/http://news.yahoo.com/ap-exclusive-saudi-hajj-disaster-deadliest-ever-strike-111906027.html |archivedate=14 October 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name="AFP-14-Oct">{{cite news|title=Foreign toll figures show hajj tragedy deadliest in history|url=https://news.yahoo.com/foreign-toll-figures-show-hajj-tragedy-deadliest-history-091459114.html|publisher=[[Yahoo! News]]|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]|date=14 October 2015|accessdate=14 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="AP-14-Oct">{{cite news|title=New tally shows at least 1,621 killed in Saudi hajj tragedy|first1=Jon|last1=Gambrell|first2=Aya| last2=Batrawy|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-new-tally-shows-at-least-1621-killed-in-saudi-hajj-tragedy-2015-10||work=[[Business Insider]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=14 October 2015|accessdate=14 October 2015}}</ref> Estimates of the number of dead vary; the [[Associated Press]] reported {{As of|alt=2,411|2015|12|10}} dead,<ref name="AP-10-12">{{cite news|title=Hajj Stampede in September Killed Over 2,400 bloops New Count Finds|first=Jon|last=Gambrell|first2=Baba|last2=Ahmed |url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/12/10/world/middleeast/ap-ml-saudi-hajj.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=9 December 2015|accessdate=9 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Iran holds funeral for diplomat killed in Saudi hajj crush |url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/a7713a35e7314dd7824326f3ee5638f1/iran-holds-funeral-diplomat-killed-saudi-hajj-crush |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=27 November 2015 |accessdate=29 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208212802/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/a7713a35e7314dd7824326f3ee5638f1/iran-holds-funeral-diplomat-killed-saudi-hajj-crush |archivedate=8 December 2015 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> while [[Agence France-Presse]] reported {{As of|alt=2,236|2015|11|27}} killed.<ref name="AFP-27-11" /> Based on the total of the individual national reports cited in the table below ([[2015 Mina stampede#The disaster|nationalities of victims]]), at least {{As of|alt=2,431|2015|12|17}} people died.<ref group=note>This figure is based on the total of people killed from the most recent sources used to create the "Nationalities of victims" table, and is calculated from those sources by Wikipedia editors. Note that the total of all deaths reported by nation (2,431) is higher than total deaths reported by most up-to-date sources ([[Associated Press|AP]]: 2,411 & [[Agence France-Presse|AFP]]: 2,286). Some of those killed may have held multiple citizenships or some national counts or references may be incorrect.</ref> The government of [[Saudi Arabia]] officially reported two days after the event that there had been 769 deaths and 934 injured.<ref name="AP-10-12" /><ref name=bbctoll>{{cite news|title=Hajj stampede: Saudi officials clarify toll after questions|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34391055|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=29 September 2015|accessdate=1 October 2015}}</ref><ref name=itv2>{{cite news|title=Hajj stampede death toll 'rises up to 1,100' as Saudi Arabia faces criticism over safety record|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/hajj-stampede-death-toll-rises-1100-saudi-arabia-faces-criticism-over-safety-record-1521334|first=Mark|last=Piggott|work=[[International Business Times]]|date=26 September 2015|accessdate=1 October 2015}}</ref> These figures remained official at the time of the following year's Hajj and were never updated.<ref name=saudifig>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3781092/As-hajj-nears-questions-deadly-2015-stampede-remain.html |title=As hajj nears, questions about deadly 2015 stampede remain |newspaper=Daily Mail |date=9 September 2016 |agency=Associated Press |accessdate=8 October 2016}}</ref> The largest number of victims was from Iran, followed by Mali and Nigeria.<ref name=PressTV>{{cite web |url=http://presstv.ir/Detail/2016/09/09/483953/Iran-Saudi-Arabia-Hajj-Pilgrimage-Saeed-Ohadi-AFP |title=Mecca, Medina properties of Islam, not Al Saud: Iran |agency=Press TV |date= 9 September 2016 |accessdate=8 November 2016}}</ref> |
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The crush took place in Mina at the intersection of streets 204 and 223 leading up to [[Jamaraat Bridge]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Hundreds killed in stampede at Muslim hajj pilgrimage|agency=Associated Press|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/saudi-arabia-hajj-muslim-pilgrimage-stampede-mina-holy-city-mecca/|date=24 September 2015|accessdate=1 October 2015|publisher=[[CBS News]]}}</ref> The cause of the disaster remains in dispute.<ref name="auto3">{{cite news|title=Iran demands Saudi Arabia apologize for disaster near Mecca|first=Carol|last=Morello|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/iran-demands-saudi-arabia-apologize-for-mecca-stampede/2015/09/27/7301a1e7-5577-4464-8029-e3db99a6b7cb_story.html|work=[[The Washington Post]]|date=27 September 2015|accessdate=1 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="arabnews.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.arabnews.com/featured/news/814396|title=Tehran: Mina crush was 'beyond human control'|work=[[Arab News]]|date=2 October 2015|accessdate=2 October 2015}}</ref> The Mina disaster inflamed tensions between regional rivals [[Iran–Saudi Arabia relations|Saudi Arabia and Iran]], which were already elevated due to the wider turmoil in the Middle East, such as the [[Syrian Civil War]] and [[Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)|Yemeni Civil War]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/26/world/middleeast/hajj-stampede-mecca-saudi-arabia.html|title=Hajj Tragedy Inflames Schisms During a Pilgrimage Designed for Unity|first=Ben|last=Hubbard|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=25 September 2015|accessdate=1 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/25/iran-blames-saudi-government-hajj-disaster-investigation|title=Iran blames Saudi leaders for hajj disaster as investigation begins|first1=Ian|last1=Black|first2=Matthew|last2=Weaver|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=25 September 2015|accessdate=1 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="Tharoor-24-09">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/09/24/how-the-deadly-hajj-stampede-is-revealing-old-middle-east-rivalries|title=How the deadly hajj stampede feeds into old Middle East rivalries|work=[[The Washington Post]]|first=Ishaan|last=Tharoor|date=24 September 2015|accessdate=1 October 2015}}</ref> In a press conference held on the day of the incident, [[Ministry of Interior (Saudi Arabia)|Saudi Ministry of Interior]] spokesman Mansour Al-Turki attempted to address most issues regarding the incident. He said in September 2015 that an investigation was ongoing, and that the exact cause of the overcrowding that led to the deadly crush had not yet been ascertained.<ref name=Naar /><ref name=Siddique>{{cite news|title=Mecca: hajj crush kills hundreds near holy city–as it happened|first=Haroon|last=Siddique|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/sep/24/hajj-crush-kills-scores-near-mecca-live-coverage|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=24 September 2015|accessdate=29 November 2015}}</ref> |
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The crush took place in Mina at the intersection of streets 204 and 223 leading up to [[Jamaraat Bridge]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Hundreds killed in stampede at Muslim hajj pilgrimage|agency=Associated Press|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/saudi-arabia-hajj-muslim-pilgrimage-stampede-mina-holy-city-mecca/|date=24 September 2015|accessdate=1 October 2015|publisher=[[CBS News]]}}</ref> The cause of the disaster remains in dispute.<ref name="auto3">{{cite news|title=Iran demands Saudi Arabia apologize for disaster near Mecca|first=Carol|last=Morello|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/iran-demands-saudi-arabia-apologize-for-mecca-stampede/2015/09/27/7301a1e7-5577-4464-8029-e3db99a6b7cb_story.html|work=[[The Washington Post]]|date=27 September 2015|accessdate=1 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="arabnews.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.arabnews.com/featured/news/814396|title=Tehran: Mina crush was 'beyond human control'|work=[[Arab News]]|date=2 October 2015|accessdate=2 October 2015}}</ref> The Mina disaster inflamed tensions between regional rivals [[Iran–Saudi Arabia relations|Saudi Arabia and Iran]], which were already elevated due to the wider turmoil in the Middle East, such as the [[Syrian Civil War]] and [[Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)|Yemeni Civil War]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/26/world/middleeast/hajj-stampede-mecca-saudi-arabia.html|title=Hajj Tragedy Inflames Schisms During a Pilgrimage Designed for Unity|first=Ben|last=Hubbard|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=25 September 2015|accessdate=1 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/25/iran-blames-saudi-government-hajj-disaster-investigation|title=Iran blames Saudi leaders for hajj disaster as investigation begins|first1=Ian|last1=Black|first2=Matthew|last2=Weaver|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=25 September 2015|accessdate=1 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="Tharoor-24-09">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/09/24/how-the-deadly-hajj-stampede-is-revealing-old-middle-east-rivalries|title=How the deadly hajj stampede feeds into old Middle East rivalries|work=[[The Washington Post]]|first=Ishaan|last=Tharoor|date=24 September 2015|accessdate=1 October 2015}}</ref> In a press conference held on the day of the incident, [[Ministry of Interior (Saudi Arabia)|Saudi Ministry of Interior]] spokesman Mansour Al-Turki attempted to address most issues regarding the incident. He said in September 2015 that an investigation was ongoing, and that the exact cause of the overcrowding that led to the deadly crush had not yet been ascertained.<ref name=Naar /><ref name=Siddique>{{cite news|title=Mecca: hajj crush kills hundreds near holy city–as it happened|first=Haroon|last=Siddique|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/sep/24/hajj-crush-kills-scores-near-mecca-live-coverage|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=24 September 2015|accessdate=29 November 2015}}</ref> |