Four Tanzanians killed, others missing in Saudi Hajj stampede

At least 717 people have been killed in a stampede at the annual Hajj pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia’s civil defence directorate said, as the death toll continued to rise.

The directorate said at least 863 other pilgrims were injured in Thursday’s stampede, which took place in Mina, on the outskirts of the holy city of Mecca.

The injured have been evacuated to four different hospitals in the Mina region, according to a civil defence spokesman.

Mina is where pilgrims carry out a symbolic stoning of...

At least 310 people taking part in the Hajj pilgrimage, including some from Niger, have been killed in a stampede near Mecca in Saudi Arabia.

BBC journalists' accounts from deadly Hajj crush

Saudi Arabia's most senior cleric, the grand mufti, says Thursday's stampede that killed more than 700 people was "beyond human control".

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Haji stampede: Govt, Bakwata confirm 50 'missing' pilgrims
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The confirmed number of Tanzanian pilgrims who died in the last Thursday stampede at Mina in Saudi Arabia was still five people, but latest reports say the number of 'missing' pilgrims stands at 50. This latest death figure was arrived at after ...
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Two Tanzanians were reported to be among the more than 700 Muslim pilgrims killed in a stampede in Mecca yesterday.

Officials from several countries say they believe more than 1,000 people died in last week's stampede near Mecca during the Hajj pilgrimage.

A BBC Hausa Service correspondent who was at the scene of a deadly stampede near Mecca, says she has lost her aunt, and some members of her group are missing.

A Malian woman sets up a Facebook page to help find some 200 people from Mali who are still missing after last month's Hajj pilgrimage crush.