717 dead, 805 hurt in hajj stampede: new Saudi civil defense toll

September 24, 2015 18:11

Saudi Arabias civil defense says that at least 717 pilgrims have died on Thursday when a stampede broke out in the city of Mina, reported Al Arabiya News.

At least 805 others were injured in the crush at a crossroads on Street 204 at the camp city at Mina, a few kilometres east of Makkah, the Saudi civil defence said.

Al Arabiya News Channels correspondent Abdulrahman Al-Osaimi reporting from Mina emergency hospital said the stampede happened at the entrance of the Jamarat bridge near Street 204, and not inside of the Jamarat area where the stoning pillars are situated.

The injured have been distributed to four other hospitals in the Mina area. Some of the injured have been evacuated by helicopters to hospitals in Makkah city, our reporter said.

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