Update: Muslims Record More Deaths As Over 310 Die In Saudi Hajj Stampede

Stampede??? At least 310 people have been killed in a
stampede at the annual Hajj pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia’s civil defense
directorate said. The directorate said at least 450 other pilgrims were injured
in the stampede which happened today in Mina, an outskirt of the holy city of
Mecca.

Some two million people are taking part in this year’s Hajj
pilgrimage, which began on Tuesday.

Al Jazeera’s Basma Atassi, who reports from Mina, said the
incident took place in a street between pilgrim camps. The street is named
Street 204, he said.

This stampede did not happen at the site of the stoning of
the devil ritual, which will take place today, he emphasized. I just hope no
Nigerian is included. Already six Nigerians who died when a crane crashed into a mosque in Mecca have already been buried at the holy city.

Update: Saudi’s civil defence have said 717 pilgrims have
died and 863 injured at the Hajj stampede so far against CNN’s earlier report that 310
died and 450 injured. See a video of the stampede also after the cut.