Hundreds dead in haj stampede in Mecca

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Updated On Sept 25, 2015 02:10 am IST

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Muslim pilgrims during a ritual “Jamarat” - the last rite of the annual haj - in which they cast stones at a pillar to symbolize the stoning of Satan, on the first day of Eid al-Adha, in Mina near Mecca, Saudi Arabia. (AP)

Updated on Sept 25, 2015 02:10 am IST

Muslim pilgrims during a ritual “Jamarat” - the last rite of the annual haj - in which they cast stones at a pillar to symbolize the stoning of Satan, on the first day of Eid al-Adha, in Mina near Mecca, Saudi Arabia. (AP)

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Muslim pilgrims cast stones at the pillar symbolizing the stoning of Satan in a “Jamarat” ritual during the annual haj on the first day of Eid al-Adha. During this ritual, over 700 people were killed in a stampede. (AP)

Updated on Sept 25, 2015 02:10 am IST

Muslim pilgrims cast stones at the pillar symbolizing the stoning of Satan in a “Jamarat” ritual during the annual haj on the first day of Eid al-Adha. During this ritual, over 700 people were killed in a stampede. (AP)

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A pilgrim is treated by a medic after a stampede that killed over 700 and injured thousands of pilgrims in Mina during the annual haj pilgrimage. (AP)

Updated on Sept 25, 2015 02:10 am IST

A pilgrim is treated by a medic after a stampede that killed over 700 and injured thousands of pilgrims in Mina during the annual haj pilgrimage. (AP)

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Emergency services attend victims crushed in a stampede in Mecca during the “Jamarat” ritual. According to Saudi authorities, hundreds were killed and injured. (AP)

Updated on Sept 25, 2015 02:10 am IST

Emergency services attend victims crushed in a stampede in Mecca during the “Jamarat” ritual. According to Saudi authorities, hundreds were killed and injured. (AP)

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A Muslim pilgrim mourns near a body crushed during a stampede when thousands of people pushed at Mina near Mecca. The death toll from a stampede during the stone pelting ritual called “Jamarat” has gone beyond 700, the Saudi civil defence said. (REUTERS)

Updated on Sept 25, 2015 02:10 am IST

A Muslim pilgrim mourns near a body crushed during a stampede when thousands of people pushed at Mina near Mecca. The death toll from a stampede during the stone pelting ritual called “Jamarat” has gone beyond 700, the Saudi civil defence said. (REUTERS)

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Saudi emergency services move among the bodies of those killed in the stampede in the Mina neighbourhood of Mecca. These pilgrims were on a pilgrimage to observe one of the stages of haj. (EPA)

Updated on Sept 25, 2015 02:10 am IST

Saudi emergency services move among the bodies of those killed in the stampede in the Mina neighbourhood of Mecca. These pilgrims were on a pilgrimage to observe one of the stages of haj. (EPA)

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