Crowd density at the Hajj can prove fatal, killing hundreds in mass crushes.

Evidence

Given the number of people seeking to be in the same locations at the same time, the density of the crowd is a potential threat to safety. Indeed, the Hajj event is most prominent in the news in the West when there is a fatal crowd crush among pilgrims. Thus, crowd density was one explanation for the disaster in 2006 when 346 pilgrims died as they attempted to “stone the devil” at Jamaraat Bridge (Helbing, Johansson, & Al-Abideen, 2007). — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 146

Categorization

• CANDY: The 2006 Jamaraat Bridge disaster - 346 pilgrims died ‘stoning the devil’ - is a striking conversational fact. Ironic phrasing makes it memorable.
• corroborated: 5 independent passages support this claim — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 146
• XREF: connects to: The Hajj’s fixed five-day schedule forces millions into dense crowds at the same sites. — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 146

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Broader Connections

• The Hajj’s fixed five-day schedule forces millions into dense crowds at the same sites. #expands (0.88) — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 146