MECCA: A huge stampede killed at least 453 people and injured hundreds more at the annual haj in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, in the pilgrimage’s worst tragedy in a quarter century.
The stampede, the second deadly accident to hit the pilgrims this month following a crane collapse in Mecca, broke out during the symbolic stoning of the devil ritual, the Saudi civil defence service said.
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