Riyadh says more than four-fifths did not have permit to make pilgrimage to Mecca, where temperatures hit 51.8C
  • rammer@sopuli.xyz
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    5 months ago

    While it is a horrible tragedy. It is a preventable one.

    And given the sheer amount of pilgrims (2,5 million by some estimates), it could have been a lot worse. Given that size some will die by sheer statistical probability.