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サウジアラビア西部にあるイスラム教最大の聖地メッカ郊外のミナで9月24日、年1回の大巡礼（ハッジ）を行っていた多くのイスラム教徒が折り重なって倒れる事故が発生し、少なくとも717人が死亡、863人がけがをした。BBCなどが報じた。
事故現場はメッカ中心部から約9キロほど離れた聖地のひとつで、ハッジの3日目でイード･アルアドハー（犠牲祭）の初日にあたる。ミナでは巡礼者が悪魔を象徴する3本の石柱に投石する儀式が行われていた。ハフポストUK版によると、投石の儀式に向かう道路で巡礼者が割り込みをするなど殺到したことが原因とみられる。
ニューヨーク・タイムズによると、今回の事故は1990年にメッカからミナに通じるトンネルで1426人が死亡して以来最悪の規模となった。
サウジアラビアのハリド・アルファリフ保健相は「当局のガイドラインや指示を守らなかった巡礼者たちに原因がある」と批判した。
メッカでは11日、カーバ神殿があるモスク「マスジド・ハラーム」に巨大クレーンが倒れ、107人が死亡した事故が発生している。
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将棋倒しで負傷した巡礼者を搬送する救急隊員。\n
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負傷した巡礼者に心臓マッサージを施す救急隊員。サウジ民間防衛局提供\n\n
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負傷者の周辺に群がる巡礼者たち。\n
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メッカ付近のアラファトにあるナミラ・モスクの外部で祈りを捧げる巡礼者たち。\n
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ナミラモスクの外部で祈りを捧げる巡礼者の集団。\n
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ハッジ2日目に、ナミラモスクの外部で祈りを捧げる巡礼者たち。\n
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Muslim pilgrims gather to perform noon and afternoon prayers at Namira Mosque in Mount Arafat, southeast of the Saudi holy city of Mecca, on September 23, 2015. Arafat Day, on the 9th of the Islamic month of Dhul Hijja, is the climax of the hajj season. Pilgrims gather on the hill known as Mount Arafat, and its surrounding plain, where they remain until evening for prayer and Koran recitals. Prophet Mohammed is believed to have delivered his final hajj sermon there. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH via Getty Images)
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Muslim pilgrims gather to perform noon and afternoon prayers at Namira Mosque in Mount Arafat, southeast of the Saudi holy city of Mecca, on September 23, 2015. Arafat Day, on the 9th of the Islamic month of Dhul Hijja, is the climax of the hajj season. Pilgrims gather on the hill known as Mount Arafat, and its surrounding plain, where they remain until evening for prayer and Koran recitals. Prophet Mohammed is believed to have delivered his final hajj sermon there. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH via Getty Images)
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Muslim pilgrims gather to perform noon and afternoon prayers at Namira Mosque in Mount Arafat, southeast of the Saudi holy city of Mecca, on September 23, 2015. Arafat Day, on the 9th of the Islamic month of Dhul Hijja, is the climax of the hajj season. Pilgrims gather on the hill known as Mount Arafat, and its surrounding plain, where they remain until evening for prayer and Koran recitals. Prophet Mohammed is believed to have delivered his final hajj sermon there. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH via Getty Images)
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Muslim pilgrims gather to perform noon and afternoon prayers at Namira Mosque in Mount Arafat, southeast of the Saudi holy city of Mecca, on September 23, 2015. Arafat Day, on the 9th of the Islamic month of Dhul Hijja, is the climax of the hajj season. Pilgrims gather on the hill known as Mount Arafat, and its surrounding plain, where they remain until evening for prayer and Koran recitals. Prophet Mohammed is believed to have delivered his final hajj sermon there. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH via Getty Images)
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Prospective pilgrims on Mount Arafat(06 of30)
MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA - SEPTEMBER 23: Muslim pilgrims are seen on the Mount Arafat, also known as Jabal al-Rahmah (Mount of Mercy), where the Prophet Mohammed is believed to have given his final sermon, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on September 23, 2015, ahead of the climax of hajj. Muslim pilgrims, dressed in white, headed to Mount Arafat, in western Saudi Arabia, to take part in the main rituals of the annual hajj and to become pilgrims on the eve of Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice). (Photo by Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Prospective pilgrims on Mount Arafat(07 of30)
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Prospective pilgrims on Mount Arafat(08 of30)
MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA - SEPTEMBER 23: Muslim pilgrims are seen on the Mount Arafat, also known as Jabal al-Rahmah (Mount of Mercy), where the Prophet Mohammed is believed to have given his final sermon, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on September 23, 2015, ahead of the climax of hajj. Muslim pilgrims, dressed in white, headed to Mount Arafat, in western Saudi Arabia, to take part in the main rituals of the annual hajj and to become pilgrims on the eve of Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice). (Photo by Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Prospective pilgrims on Mount Arafat(09 of30)
MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA - SEPTEMBER 23: Muslim pilgrims are seen on the Mount Arafat, also known as Jabal al-Rahmah (Mount of Mercy), where the Prophet Mohammed is believed to have given his final sermon, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on September 23, 2015, ahead of the climax of hajj. Muslim pilgrims, dressed in white, headed to Mount Arafat, in western Saudi Arabia, to take part in the main rituals of the annual hajj and to become pilgrims on the eve of Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice). (Photo by Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Prospective pilgrims on Mount Arafat(10 of30)
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MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA - SEPTEMBER 23: Muslim pilgrims are seen on the Mount Arafat, also known as Jabal al-Rahmah (Mount of Mercy), where the Prophet Mohammed is believed to have given his final sermon, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on September 23, 2015, ahead of the climax of hajj. Muslim pilgrims, dressed in white, headed to Mount Arafat, in western Saudi Arabia, to take part in the main rituals of the annual hajj and to become pilgrims on the eve of Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice). (Photo by Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA - SEPTEMBER 23: Muslim pilgrims are seen on the Mount Arafat, also known as Jabal al-Rahmah (Mount of Mercy), where the Prophet Mohammed is believed to have given his final sermon, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on September 23, 2015, ahead of the climax of hajj. Muslim pilgrims, dressed in white, headed to Mount Arafat, in western Saudi Arabia, to take part in the main rituals of the annual hajj and to become pilgrims on the eve of Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice). (Photo by Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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A man carries a sheep on the eve of the Muslim Eid al-Adha on September 23, 2015 in Abidjan. Eid al-Adha, celebrated by Muslims around the world, coincides with the symbolic stoning of the devil by pilgrims gathered for the annual hajj near the holy city of Mecca in western Saudi Arabia. Eid al-Adha is known as \'Tabaski\' in western Africa. AFP PHOTO / ISSOUF SANOGO (Photo credit should read ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ISSOUF SANOGO via Getty Images)
Eid Al Adha in Mecca(14 of30)
MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA - SEPTEMBER 24: Prospective pilgrims stone the devil as part of the annual Islamic Hajj pilgrimage at Jamarat during the first day of Eid Al Adha in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on September 24, 2015. (Photo by Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA - SEPTEMBER 24: Prospective pilgrims stone the devil as part of the annual Islamic Hajj pilgrimage at Jamarat during the first day of Eid Al Adha in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on September 24, 2015. (Photo by Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Eid Al Adha in Mecca(16 of30)
MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA - SEPTEMBER 24: Prospective pilgrims on their way to Jamarat to stone the devil as part of the annual Islamic Hajj pilgrimage during the first day of Eid Al Adha in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on September 24, 2015. (Photo by Sabri Celebioglu/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. More than 1 million pilgrims have already arrived for the annual hajj pilgrimage, which is required of every Muslim who can afford it and is physically able to make it. (AP Photo/Mosa\'ab Elshamy) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. More than 1 million pilgrims have already arrived for the annual hajj pilgrimage, which is required of every Muslim who can afford it and is physically able to make it. (AP Photo/Mosa\'ab Elshamy) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. More than 1 million pilgrims have already arrived for the annual hajj pilgrimage, which is required of every Muslim who can afford it and is physically able to make it. (AP Photo/Mosa\'ab Elshamy) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015. In Mecca, the holy site all the worldâs Muslims pray toward, the annual hajj pilgrimage began Tuesday with over 2 million faithful gathering to call out in Arabic: \"Here I am, God, answering your call. Here I am.\" (AP Photo/Mosa\'ab Elshamy) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A father and his son circle the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015. In Mecca, the holy site all the worldâs Muslims pray toward, the annual hajj pilgrimage began Tuesday with over 2 million faithful gathering to call out in Arabic: \"Here I am, God, answering your call. Here I am.\" (AP Photo/Mosa\'ab Elshamy) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A Muslim pilgrim uses an electric wheelchair to circle the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015. More than 2 million Muslims have begun the first rites of the annual hajj pilgrimage, which draws people from around the world to Mecca and areas around it to perform a series of rituals and prayers aimed at ultimately erasing past sins. (AP Photo/Mosa\'ab Elshamy) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims pray outside Namira mosque in Arafat, on the second and most significant day of the annual hajj pilgrimage, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Mosa\'ab Elshamy) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A Muslim pilgrim prays on a rocky hill called the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015 during the hajj pilgrimage. Mount Arafat, marked by a white pillar, is where Islam\'s Prophet Muhammad is believed to have delivered his last sermon to tens of thousands of followers some 1,400 years ago, calling on Muslims to unite. (AP Photo/Mosa\'ab Elshamy) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Muslim pilgrims pray on a rocky hill called the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015 during the hajj pilgrimage. Mount Arafat, marked by a white pillar, is where Islam\'s Prophet Muhammad is believed to have delivered his last sermon to tens of thousands of followers some 1,400 years ago, calling on Muslims to unite. (AP Photo/Mosa\'ab Elshamy) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA - SEPTEMBER 24: Ambulances are seen on a road after at least 753 Muslim Hajj pilgrims were killed and at least another 450 injured in a stampede that took place near the city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia on September 24, 2015. The stampede occurred in the town of Mina, located roughly five kilometers east of Mecca, as pilgrims performed a ritual in which they threw stones at a structure representing the devil. (Photo by Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
At least 753 Hajj pilgrims killed in stampede(28 of30)
MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA - SEPTEMBER 24: Prospective pilgrims walk to stone the devil as part of the annual Islamic Hajj pilgrimage at Jamarat during the first day of Eid Al Adha in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on September 24, 2015.At least 753 Muslim Hajj pilgrims were killed and at least another 450 injured in a stampede that took place in the town of Mina near the city of Mecca, located roughly five kilometers east of Mecca, as pilgrims performed a ritual in which they threw stones at a structure representing the devil. (Photo by Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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GRAPHIC CONTENT \nSaudi emergency personnel stand near bodies of Hajj pilgrims at the site where at least 717 were killed and hundreds wounded in a stampede in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, at the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia on September 24, 2015. The stampede, the second deadly accident to strike the pilgrims this year, broke out during the symbolic stoning of the devil ritual, the Saudi civil defence service said. AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:STR via Getty Images)
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GRAPHIC CONTENT \nSaudi emergency personnel stand near bodies of Hajj pilgrims at the site where at least 717 were killed and hundreds wounded in a stampede in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, at the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia on September 24, 2015. The stampede, the second deadly accident to strike the pilgrims this year, broke out during the symbolic stoning of the devil ritual, the Saudi civil defence service said. AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:STR via Getty Images)
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