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Where and when did schoolgirls die in a fire because they weren't allowed out because they didn't have niqab and abaya?

In 2002, in the city of Mecca, in Saudi Arabia, a fire broke out in a girls' school, as a result of which 15 students were killed and more than 50 injured. and the prevention of vices by the local religious police. They prevented firefighters from evacuating the girls, who were not wearing the niqab and abaya, from the building.

Although, according to an official state investigation, there was nothing of the kind, and the causes of the tragedy were the overcrowding of the school and the resulting panic stampede, as well as the lack of fire extinguishers.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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