At least 717 people have been killed in a crush at Mina, outside the holy city of Mecca, where some two million people are performing the annual hajj pilgrimage. A civil defence authority said at least 805 people were also injured in the crush caused by large numbers of people gathering at Mina. Thursday's disaster was the worst to befall the annual hajj since July 1990, when 1,426 pilgrims were crushed to death in a tunnel near Mecca. The stampede took...
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