Mina: Saudi Arabia's top religious leader says the stampede, which killed 717 pilgrims, was beyond human control, official media reported on Saturday, the final day of this year's haj. The stampede was the worst disaster in a quarter-century to strike the annual event. It has drawn fierce criticism of the Saudi authorities' handling of safety, particularly from regional rival Iran. "You are not responsible for what happened", Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh told Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef in a meeting in Mina on Friday, the official Saudi...
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