A hostel housing Muslim pilgrims performing Hajj collapsed, killing 76 people and injuring 62.

[1] The four-storey hostel, Lulu'at al-Khair, situated on al-Ghazal Street, just 60 metres (200 ft) from the walls of Masjid al-Haram,[2][3] was in demand as the Hajj was about to begin, and at least 30 people were known to be staying there.

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.

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.