Mina stampede

The Socso aid covers a benefit of RM1,500 for Zulkifly Samad's funeral expenses and a monthly survivors' pension for Suriahanim Abd Hamid.

Zulkifly Samad, 50, from Taman Ukay Bistari, Ampang is believed to have strayed into the area where the tragedy happened.

A survivor of the Mina stampede said he survived by shedding his pilgrim's garment after he was pinned under a man in the crush, which killed 769 people.

The death toll from a stampede during the annual hajj has risen to 769, the Saudi health minister said on Saturday.

Prasarana Malaysia Berhad today said that the stampede incident in Mina, was not related to the train services operated by the company in Makkah.

It's hard to imagine how a crowd - especially one gathered for a peaceful religious rite - can turn so deadly.

In the aftermath of the Mina stampede tragedy, attention has centered on the ballooning size and scale of the pilgrimage.

Saudi Arabia suggested pilgrims ignoring crowd control rules bore some blame for the human stampede that killed over 700 people in Mina.

Witnesses to Thursday's deadly stampede in Mina blamed Saudi Arabia authorities and said they were afraid to continue the rituals.

Blame shifted towards Saudi authorities on Friday after a stampede at the hajj killed at least 717 people, in the worst tragedy to strike the annual Muslim pilgrimage in a quarter of a century.

No Malaysian pilgrims were killed or hurt in a stampede in Mina, outside the holy city of Mecca, to date.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak conveyed his condolences to the families of the victims involved in the stampede in Mina.

More than 220 ambulances and 4,000 rescue workers had been sent to the stampede's location to help the injured.

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