Live
- Officials inspect arrangements for CM’s visit
- Iran: 1 killed, 21 injured after bus overturns
- Welfare hostels shut as bills pile up
- CM Revanth Reddy Slams BJP Leaders Over Inaction
- Minister Ponguleti visits Basara temple
- Ashutosh Gowariker to lead International Jury at IFFI 2024
- The global challenges of greener aviation
- Shreyas Media secures exclusive advertising rights for ‘MahaKumbh Mela 2025’
- Experience the journey of art
- Seven iconic ghats undergo makeover for Mahakumbh
Haj stampede kills 220 pilgrims in Mecca: Saudi Arabia
Highlights
At least 220 people were killed and hundreds injured in a stampede Thursday at the annual hajj pilgrimage, Saudi authorities said.
At least 220 people were killed and hundreds injured in a stampede Thursday at the annual hajj pilgrimage, Saudi authorities said.
The crush happened in Mina, a large valley about five kilometers (three miles) from the holy city of Mecca. Mina houses more than 160,000 tents where pilgrims spend the night during the pilgrimage.
The Saudi civil defense directorate said at least 450 other pilgrims were injured in the stampede.
Photos released by the directorate on its official Twitter account showed rescue workers in orange and yellow vests helping the wounded onto stretchers and loading them onto ambulances near some of the white tents.
Some 2 million people are taking part in this year's hajj pilgrimage, which began Tuesday.
The stampede was the deadliest disaster at the hajj since 2006, when more than 360 pilgrims were killed in a stampede in the same area.
Mina is where pilgrims carry out a symbolic stoning of the devil by throwing pebbles against three stone walls.
Thursday's stampede happened less than two weeks after a giant construction crane came crashing down on the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the focal point of the hajj. That accident killed at least 111 people and injured more than 390.
Next Story
ADVERTISEMENT
