Hajj Pilgrimage Deaths 2024. During the annual hajj pilgrimage in saudi arabia, one of the most important events on the muslim calendar, at least 450 people died under a scorching sun as they prayed at sacred sites. More than 1,300 people died making the islamic pilgrimage of hajj in saudi arabia this month, the vast majority of whom the saudi government said did not have permits.

Muslim pilgrims shield themselves against the sun with umbrellas as they attend the. Riyadh — the death toll from this year’s hajj has exceeded 1,000, an afp tally said on thursday, more than half of them unregistered worshippers who performed the.