1987 Mecca incident
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1987-mecca-incident-180-10280990
title:
1987 Mecca incident
text:
On 31 July 1987, during the Hajj in Mecca, a clash between Shia pilgrim demonstrators and the Saudi Arabian security forces resulted in the death of more than 400 people. The event has been variously described as a "riot" or a "massacre". It developed from increasing tensions between Shia Iran and Sunni Saudi Arabia since the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Since 1981, Iranian pilgrims have held a political demonstration against Israel and the United States every year at Hajj, but in 1987, a cordon of
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Clash between Shia pilgrims and Saudi Arabian security forces
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Mecca_incident
date created:
2004-09-17T05:58:33Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T13:43:37Z
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