A stampede during one of the last rituals of the Hajj season -- theannual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca-- has killed more than 700 people and injured 800 others in Saudi Arabia.The stampede occurred Thursday morning during the ritual known as"stoning the devil" in the tent city of Mina, about 2 miles from Mecca,Islam's holiest city.
Source: CNN
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