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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsStone THrowing THing at the Hajj in Saudi Arabia looks Dangerous
there are people throwing stones with a bunch of people in front of them.
what is the point of that anyways ?
Recursion
(56,582 posts)AFAIK nobody has died from the rocks but there are usually some people crushed afterwards.
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Renew Deal
(81,866 posts)Maybe they kept missing?
Lucky Luciano
(11,257 posts)JCMach1
(27,559 posts)JI7
(89,252 posts)is there some panic or is it just so many people who try to push to get ahead ?
JCMach1
(27,559 posts)on New Years a few years back...
When a crowd gets that big, anything can set them off...
jmowreader
(50,560 posts)...and there doesn't seem to be a direct Arabic translation for the phrase "crowd control." Hundreds of people get killed at Hajj every year, most from getting crushed by the crowds they draw.
tblue37
(65,409 posts)security, blocking the flow and leading to overcrowding, a crush, and panic. Some witnesses said the exits were blocked to allow VIP cars to use the road. Frankly, that sounds very plausible to me.