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1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “suffocated and trampled to death in a tunnel near mecca”. Today it says “suffocated and trampled to death in a crowd crush or stampede event in a tunnel near mecca during the hajj”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “On 3 July”. It now reads “Crowd crush incident On 2 July”.
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The opening as it read in 2020

1990, an incident occurred during the Hajj in which 1,426 people were suffocated and trampled to death in a tunnel near Mecca.1 Until the 2015 Mina stampede , this incident had the highest death toll of any Hajj tragedy in modern times. More than 700 pilgrims die in crush in worst haj disaster for 25 years , Reuters (13 Jan 2006). A history of hajj tragedies , The Guardian2

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “suffocated and trampled to death in a tunnel near mecca”. Today it says “suffocated and trampled to death in a crowd crush or stampede event in a tunnel near mecca during the hajj”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “On 3 July”. It now reads “Crowd crush incident On 2 July”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

suffocated and trampled to death in a tunnel near mecca

Now

suffocated and trampled to death in a crowd crush or stampede event in a tunnel near mecca during the hajj

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