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[Regnum] More than 14,000 people in Turkey suffered from injuries sustained while slaughtering sacrificial animals on the first day of the Eid al-Adha holiday, the country's Health Minister Kemal Memisoglu said on June 7.
“On the first day of Eid al-Adha, a total of 14,372 people in 81 provinces sought medical treatment in our medical institutions,” he wrote on the social network X.
Thus, 1,049 people were injured in Ankara, 753 in Istanbul, 655 in Konya, 634 in Gaziantep, and 572 in Manisa, according to the publication. Memisoglu also reminded that the relevant rites should be carried out by professionals.
Eid al-Adha (Kurban Bayram) is the Feast of Sacrifice, marking the end of the Hajj, an annual pilgrimage to the holy sites of Islam in Saudi Arabia. It is celebrated on the tenth day of the 12th month of the lunar calendar. The holiday is dedicated to the Prophet Ibrahim.
According to legend, in a dream, the Almighty asked the man to sacrifice his only son, Ismail, who was born when the man was already 86 years old. And Ibrahim went with his son to the valley of Mina to fulfill the will of Allah. When the son and father wanted to do what they had planned, the Almighty came down from heaven and stopped Ibrahim, saying that he had proven his obedience.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, in 2024, during the sacrifices on the Muslim holiday, about 16 thousand residents of Turkey received serious cuts and other injuries. The largest number of people suffered in Ankara (1274), Istanbul (840) and Izmir (416).
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