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MINA, Saudi Arabia -- At least 453 people were killed and hundreds more injured in a stampede Thursday on the outskirts of Mecca, the deadliest tragedy to strike the annual hajj pilgrimage in more ...
MINA — Saudi authorities say death toll from the Mina stampede has risen to 717 and 863 pilgrims are reported injured. The Civil Defense service released the toll and said rescue operations were ...
Muslim pilgrims gather around the victims of a stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia during the annual hajj pilgrimage on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015. Hundreds were killed and injured, Saudi authorities said.
MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) – Thousands of Muslim pilgrims rushing to complete a symbolic stoning ritual during the hajj tripped over luggage Thursday, causing a crush in which at least 345 people were ...
MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) – A horrific stampede killed at least 717 pilgrims and injured hundreds more Thursday on the outskirts of the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, the deadliest tragedy to ...
It is unfortunate that a horrific stampede killed at least 717 pilgrims and injured 863 on Thursday at Mina the outskirt of the holy city of Makkah in Saudi Arabia, the deadliest tragedy to strike ...
Print Print 2015-10-01 Mina stampede: Saudi diplomat offers condolences over martyrdom of pilgrims Published October 1, 2015 ...
MAY 1994 270 pilgrims die in a stampede at the “stoning of the devil” APRIL 1997 A fire caused by a gas heater at a Mina camp kills 343. APRIL 1998 A stampede during the stoning ritual — 118 ...
Mina General Hospital, a small facility near the al-Jamarat site, was filled with injured, and some victims had to be sent to hospitals in Mecca and Riyadh, Dr. Ismail Abdul-Zaher said.
MINA, Saudi Arabia — Thousands of Muslim pilgrims rushing to complete a symbolic stoning ritual during the hajj tripped over luggage today, causing a crush in which at least 345 ...
The Saudi Health Ministry on Thursday said the official death toll from last week’s stampede during a pilgrimage in Mina, Saudi Arabia, remains at 769. Other countries, including Iran, are ...
MINA, Saudi Arabia — A horrific stampede killed at least 717 pilgrims and injured hundreds more Thursday on the outskirts of the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, the deadliest tragedy to ...