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Hajj pilgrimage: more than 700 dead in crush near Mecca
At least 717 people have been crushed to death in a stampede outside Mecca and more than 850 injured in the deadliest disaster on the annual hajj pilgrimage in a quarter of a century. Panic broke out when two groups of pilgrims preparing for one of the last major rites of their trip collided at the intersection of two narrow streets.
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This is ridiculous. People die there every year, crowd control needs to be drastically improved.