At least 310 Dead, 450 Injured in Stampede at Hajj in Saudi

Thu Sep 24, 2015 12:04:41

Victims of Pilgrimage in Mina Rises to 310 Dead and 450 Injured: Al-Alam Reporter said. At least 310 people were killed and 450 other injured in a stampede of pilgrims in Saudi Arabia.

At least 310 people were killed and more than to 400 other injured in a stampede of pilgrims Thursday during the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia, the civil defence service said.

Rescue operations were under way, the service said on Twitter, after the stampede in Mina near Mecca, where hundreds of thousands of pilgrims were taking part in the last major rite of the hajj.

This event happened where pilgrims walk way leading to the pillars where pilgrims throw stone (center tents) on the 2nd day of Jamarat ritual, the stoning of Satan, in Mina near the holy city of Mecca which people locked in stampede.

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