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==Massacre of Hajj Pilgrims== | ==Massacre of Hajj Pilgrims== | ||
On August 2, 1987, coincident with [[Dhu l-Hijja 6]], 1407, during the demonstrations of Dissociation from the Polytheists on days of hajj, the Arabian police attacked the demonstrators, and according to reports by media in Islamic Republic of Iran, they threw stones and bricks to hajj pilgrims from roofs of buildings surrounding the path of the demonstrators. After that, the Saudi police targeted hajj pilgrims with poison gasses and guns. | On Friday, August 2, 1987, coincident with [[Dhu l-Hijja 6]]{{enote|August 2, 1987, coincident with [[Dhu l-Hijja 6]] according to [[Saudi]] Hijri calendar, while in Iranian Hijri calendar it was coincided with Dhu l-Hijja 4}}, 1407, during the demonstrations of Dissociation from the Polytheists on days of hajj, the Arabian police attacked the demonstrators, and according to reports by media in Islamic Republic of Iran, they threw stones and bricks to hajj pilgrims from roofs of buildings surrounding the path of the demonstrators. After that, the Saudi police targeted hajj pilgrims with poison gasses and guns. | ||
In his diaries, Ezzatullah Sahabi points out the complicity of [[People's Mujahedin Organization of Iran]] (MEK) in the event. | In his diaries, Ezzatullah Sahabi points out the complicity of [[People's Mujahedin Organization of Iran]] (MEK) in the event. | ||