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At least 150 dead, 390 hurt in stampede at hajj in Saudi
September 23, 2015byEditorialEditorial
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At least 150 dead, 390 hurt in stampede at hajj in Saudi

Mina, Saudi Arabia | AFP | Thursday 9/24/2015: At least 150 people were killed and 390 hurt in a stampede of pilgrims Thursday during the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia, the civil defence service said.

Rescue operations were under way, the service said on Twitter, after the stampede in Mina near Mecca, where hundreds of thousands of pilgrims were taking part in the last major rite of the hajj.

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