Saudi Arabia says 220 pilgrims dead in hajj stampede
By Associated Press
MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s civil defense directorate says the death toll from a stampede at the annual hajj pilgrimage has risen to at least 220 people killed.
The directorate says at least 450 other pilgrims were injured in Thursday’s stampede, which took place in Mina, on the outskirts of the holy city of Mecca.
Some 2 million people are taking part in this year’s hajj pilgrimage, which began Tuesday