News Alert: At least 453 killed in stampede near Mecca during annual holy pilgrimage

View in Browser BREAKING NEWS Thursday September 24, 2015 Hundreds Of Pilgrims Killed In Stampede Outside Mecca Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims make their way to cast stones at a pillar symbolizing the stoning of Satan, in a ritual called "Jamarat," the last rite of the annual hajj, on the first day of Eid al-Adha, in Mina near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, ASSOCIATED PRESS MINA, Saudi Arabia, Sept 24 (Reuters) - At least 453 pilgrims were killed on Thursday in a stampede at Mina, outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca, where some two million people are performing the annual haj pilgrimage, Saudi authorities said. Read More

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