HAJJ STAMPEDE: DEATH TOLL RISES TO 717, INJURED 805
MECCA, Saudi Arabia – The death toll from a stampede during the annual haj
pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia on Thursday has risen to 717 people of various
nationalities, the Saudi civil defense said.
It said that the
crush, caused by large numbers of people gathering at Mina, outside the Muslim
holy city of Mecca, had left 805 people injured.
Thursday's disaster was the deadliest such incident on the annual hajj
pilgrimage in more than two decades, and comes nearly two weeks after a
crane collapsed in Mecca, killing 100 people.
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