Thursday, December 10, 2015

UPDATED: EVIL PORTENT FOR MECCA FULFILLED! Final Death Toll Is 2,411 DEAD IN STAMPEDE AT HAJJ PILGRIMAGE


10 December 2015

A stampede during the hajj in Saudi Arabia in September killed at least 2,411 pilgrims, according to a new count, some three times the number of deaths acknowledge by the kingdom. Figures compiled by the Associated Press established that the crush at Mina was the deadliest in the history of the annual pilgrimage. Saudi Arabia rebuffed criticism from its regional rival Iran and efforts by other countries to join a probe into the deaths. Although King Salman ordered an investigation into the tragedy almost immediately, few details have been made public since. Daily Mail Read More>>>>>

Latest in a series of evil portents to befall Mecca within one month:

24 SEPTEMBER 2015  MECCA STAMPEDE:

 Stampede Near Mecca During Hajj Leaves at Least 717 Dead
BEIRUT, Lebanon — At least 717 people were killed, and 863 were injured, in a stampede near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday morning. The deaths — at an intersection in Mina, about six miles east of the city — occurred around 9 a.m. on the first day of Eid al-Adha, one of the holiest holidays in the Muslim calendar, and as millions of Muslims were making their pilgrimage, or hajj, to Mecca. It appeared to be the deadliest accident during the hajj since 1990, when 1,426 pilgrims perished in a stampede in a tunnel linking Mecca and Mina. And it occurred less than two weeks after a large construction crane toppled and crashed into the Grand Mosque in Mecca, killing at least 111 people and injuring 394 others. READ MORE>>>>>

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