The Latest: Saudis say 220 dead in hajj stampede

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2006 file photo, rescuers attend to the scene of a building collapse in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The day before the hajj began, an eight-story building being used as a hostel near the Grand Mosque in Mecca collapsed, killing at least 73 people and injuring 62. (AP Photo, File) FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2006 file photo, rescuers attend to the scene of a building collapse in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The day before the hajj began, an eight-story building being used as a hostel near the Grand Mosque in Mecca collapsed, killing at least 73 people and injuring 62. (AP Photo, File)

By Associated Press September 24, 2015 1 min read

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) – The latest developments from a stampede on the third day of the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.

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Saudi Arabia’s civil defense directorate says the death toll from a stampede at the annual hajj pilgrimage has risen to at least 220 people killed. The directorate says at least 450 other pilgrims were injured in Thursday’s stampede, which took place in Mina, on the outskirts of the holy city of Mecca. Some 2 million people are taking part in this year’s hajj pilgrimage, which began Tuesday