September’s pilgrimage to Mecca was the deadliest in years,with fatalities from a stampede approaching 2000. One man describes the horrific aftermath and the mistreatment of the dead as he tried to recover his sister’s body in Saudi Arabia“The situation was one of sheer hopelessness,” says Sajjad Shah from Pakistan. “Those who could afford to stay and search for their dead loved ones did so. The others just had to move home.”nearly three months after the deadliest Hajj crush in 25 years, and the Saudi government’s official death toll still stands at 769,but most sources put the figure closer to 2000. Shah, a hotel-owner from Mirpur, or spent a month searching for his dead sister,but claims he met resistance from Saudi officials who covered up the full extent of the tragedy.
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Source: theguardian.com