At least 717 people taking part in the Hajj pilgrimage have been killed in a stampede near the Islamic holy city of Mecca, officials in Saudi Arabia say.
Another 800 people were injured in the incident.The tragedy of Hajj stampede occurred at Mina, between Mount Arafat and Mecca's Grand Mosque.
The fatal incident happened during the devil-stoning ritual in which Muslim pilgrims fling pebbles at three walls in Mina.
It is the ragedy and grief on the holiest of days for Muslims. Hundreds of pilgrims were killed in a stampede in Mina on Thursday as they gathered for the festival of Eid al-Adha.
