No South Africans among Hajj Pilgtim victims

Cape Town Muslim authorities have confirmed that as far as they could establish, there were no South Africans among the victims of the fatal Hajj stampede in Saudi Arabia. At least 345 people died and hundreds more were injured when the huge mass of people stampeded at the foot of the bridge of Jamarat where pilgrims hurl stones at three pillars representing the spot where the devil is said to have appeared to Abraham. The BBC reports that the ritual has seen many similar stampedes but that the number of dead this year is the highest in 16 years.