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Associated Press count shows hajj disaster in Saudi Arabia killed at least 2,110
Published December 09, 2015
FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015 file photo, a Muslim pilgrim walks through the site where dead bodies are gathered in Mina, Saudi Arabia during the annual hajj pilgrimage. The crush and stampede that struck the hajj last month in Saudi Arabia killed at least 2,121 pilgrims, a new Associated Press tally showed Monday, after officials in the kingdom met to discuss the tragedy. (AP Photo, File) (The Associated Press)
A new toll shows the crush and stampede that struck the hajj last month in Saudi Arabia killed at least 2,110 pilgrims.
The count Monday by The Associated Press comes after Saudi officials said they held a meeting about the disaster late Sunday night. The official Saudi Press Agency reported that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdul Aziz, who is also the kingdom's interior minister, oversaw the meeting.
Saudi Arabia's official tally from the Sept. 24 tragedy in Mina, a few miles from the holy city of Mecca, is 769 killed and 934 injured. Officials have not updated their casualty toll since Sept. 26, although an investigation into the causes of the tragedy is ongoing.
The previous deadliest-ever incident at hajj was a 1990 stampede that killed 1,426 people.
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