Saudi criticised after hajj stampede kills more than 700

Blame shifted towards Saudi authorities on Friday after a stampede at the hajj killed at least 717 people, in the worst tragedy to strike the annual Muslim pilgrimage in a quarter of a century. The disaster, which also left several hundred people injured, was the second deadly accident to hit worshippers this month, after a crane collapse in the holy city of Mecca killed more than 100. The stampede broke out in Mina, about five kilometres (three miles) from Mecca, during the symbolic stoning of