Scores killed in Hajj stampede
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More than 700 pilgrims were killed in a crush at Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, where some two million Muslims are performing the annual Hajj pilgrimage
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SAUDI ARABIA Riyadh Mecca Medina

Sep 11, Mecca: Crane collapses at Grand Mosque, killing 109 people

Sep 24, Mina: Hundreds killed in stampede at Street 204 – one of main arteries from Mina to Jamarat, where pilgrims carry out ritual of stoning devil by hurling pebbles at three large pillars (right)

Jamarat Mina Pilgrims’tents Arafat Mosque Mount Rahmat

4km 2.5 miles
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HAJJ PILGRIMAGE

Day 1: Pilgrims walk to Mina where they spend night

Day 2: Waqfa. Pilgrims climb Mount Arafat, where Muhammad gave his final sermon

Day 3: Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice): Stoning of three pillars at Jamarat, representing temptations of Satan

Slaughter of animal to give away meat to the poor

Day 4: Return to Mecca for final tawaf –circling Kaaba at centre of Grand Mosque
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Source: Wire agencies

Picture: Google Earth

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