[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Twelve Sudanese were killed on Sunday when a wall collapsed as they waited to submit their applications for the annual Hajj pilgrimage, official TV said.Smote them dead on the spot, did He? Wonder what they did to get that?
The accident happened in Gedaref town southeast of the capital Khartoum, Sudan TV reported.
"We're here to go on the haj!"
[CRUMBLE! CRASH!]
"Not me! I ain't goin'!"
A witness, Ahmed Hashim, told AFP that the victims were crushed by the exterior brick wall, a type of fence, which suddenly collapsed outside a government office.
"A group of people had come to submit their applications for the Hajj," said Hashim, a shopkeeper near the accident site.
It was not immediately clear why the wall collapsed.
We know why.
The Hajj pilgrimage is one of the five pillars of Islam and must be performed at least once in a lifetime by those who are able to make the journey to Mecca, in Soddy Arabia.
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
Guess they missed out on that pillar, huh?