Muslims pray and gather around the holy Kaaba at the Grand Mosque during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, June 8, 2016. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia will introduce electronic identification bracelets for all pilgrims to Mecca starting this year, Saudi media said, as part of a safety drive a year after the annual Islamic rite suffered its deadliest disaster in a generation.
As many as 2,070 people died in a crush when thousands of pilgrims converged on a walkway intersection near the Muslim holy city of Mecca last September, according to a Reuters count, the highest loss of life at the annual pilgrimage since 1990.
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