No M'sian pilgrims involved
Published on: Friday, September 25, 2015
MAKKAH: No Malaysians are involved in the haj pilgrims stampede in Mina during the 'stoning of the devil' ritual Thursday, said Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki. He said the scene of the stampede did not involve the route of the Malaysian pilgrims to perform the 'stoning of the devil' ritual."The schedule for the haj pilgrims 'stoning of the devil' ritual is fixed at after 5.30pm and 8pm Thursday," he said at a media conference here Thursday.He said the distance between the scene of the stampede in Mina and the zone for the Malaysian pilgrims' tents was about three to four kilometres away.
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According to the authorities in Saudi Arabia, over 400 pilgrims were killed and 450 injured in the stampede within the zone of the Arab countries' tents in Mina, he said. Subsequently eight existing haj pilgrims check points set up by Tabung Haji in Mina will be further upgraded to control and monitoring level for pilgrims in the country."Tabung Haji however is still doing the headcount at the Malaysian haj pilgrims' tents," he said.
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This is the second such stampede incident during the haj since 2006 when at least 346 pilgrims were killed as they attempted to perform the 'stoning of the devil' ritual at Jamarat.More than three million pilgrims from around the world, including over 22,000 Malaysians, are now in the Holy Land to perform the Haj.
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