AT LEAST 31 pilgrims have died and another 100 were wounded in a stampede after a walkway collapsed in Iraq’s holy city of Karbala. Today’s death toll – released by the Iraqi Heal…
AT LEAST 31 pilgrims have died and another 100 were wounded in a stampede after a walkway collapsed in Iraq's holy city of Karbala.
The annual pilgrimage marking the death of the Prophet Mohammed's grandson in battle in 680 draws hundreds of thousands of Shi'ite Muslims to Karbala from around the world. The incident took place during the so-called "Tweireej" run, when tens of thousands of people run toward the shrine around noon. They mark Husayn's death at the Battle of Karbala, fought between Husayn and Yazid I on October 10 680AD to determine who should succeed the prophet as the leader of Islam.
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