Victims
Originally, the Saudi government declared that thirteen people had died, but this figure quickly rose, settling at seventy six. Most of those who died were passers-by, people shopping in the markets or returning from the Masjid al Haram after Salat. Most were foreign nationals from Arab and Asian nations. The dead were buried in the Jannatul Mualla cemetery in Mecca, where Muslims believe Muhammad's sahaba will rise again on the day of Judgement.
Read more about this topic: 2006 Mecca Hostel Collapse
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—Peter De Vries (b. 1910)
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