Hajj Pilgrimage Deaths 2024. The 2024 hajj pilgrimage has been overshadowed by disaster/tragedy, with the death of at least 900 pilgrims, mostly due to heat exhaustion and related complications. At least 1,301 people died during hajj, saudi arabia says, mostly unauthorised pilgrims who walked long distances in intense heat.

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. Cairo — more than 1,000 people died during this year’s hajj pilgrimage in saudi arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, officials.