From 717 pilgrims killed in Mecca stampede
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSaudi Arabia’s civil defense directorate says 717 people were killed in a crush of Muslim pilgrims near the holy city of Mecca.
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.
The civil defense directorate says at least 805 other pilgrims were injured.
— AP
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