Hajj stampede Again

At least 244 people were trampled to death and hundreds more hurt Sunday under the crush of worshippers in one of the deadliest disasters in Mecca.The pilgrims traveled from the Muslim holy city of Mecca to Mina to cast small pebbles at three columns of stone that symbolize the devil.
Muslims across the globe make the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, where they worship at Islam's holiest sites. The five-day journey began Jan. 31. Up to 2 million pilgrims are attending this year's Hajj event.


The stoning of the pillars is the most dangerous part of the Hajj.BBCNEWS

The most deadly Hajj-related incident was a 1990 stampede in which 1,426 pilgrims were killed.
Following is a breakdown of other violent incidents at the annual Muslim pilgrimage given by CNN.COM
1998 - 180 people died in a stampede near Mecca at the end of the Hajj;
1997 - A fire in Mina tore through the sprawling, overcrowded tent city , trapping and killing more than 340 pilgrims and injuring 1,500;
1994 - a stampede kills 270 pilgrims;
1991 - a chartered airliner carrying pilgrims home to Nigeria crashed, killing 261;
1991 - a plane crash in northern Saudi Arabia killed 91 Senegalese soldiers returning from a trip to Mecca which had been a reward for their service in the U.S.-led coalition that drove Iraqi forces from Kuwait in the Gulf War a month earlier;
1989 - bombs exploded near the Grand Mosque in Mecca, killing one pilgrim and wounding 16 others;
1987 - some 400 people, mainly Iranian Shi'ite pilgrims, were killed in clashes with Saudi security forces during anti-Western protests in Mecca.
All the pilgrims who lost their life during the Hajj event had a belief to another world but for sure they won't to be killed like that.