Saudi king orders Hajj safety review

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.

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

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

The National Muslim Council of Tanzania (Bakwata) has confirmed the deaths of four Tanzania pilgrims following yesterday’s stampede at Mina about five kilometers from the Islamic Holy City of Mecca.

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King of Saudi Arabia,  H.H. Salmanbin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

PRESS RELEASE

H.E. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of the United Republic of Tanzania has sent a sympathy and condolences message to H.R. H. Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King of the Kingdom Saudi Arabia on great sadness the death of 107 pilgrims and more than 200 others injured due to collapse of construction crane at the Holy Mosque in Makka, Saudi Arabia on 11th September 2015.

The massage reads as follows:

“His Royal Highness...

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