Stampede kills at least 310 as tragedy strikes hajj again

At least 310 people were killed and hundreds wounded in a stampede at the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, in the second tragedy to strike the pilgrims this year. The stampede, one of the worst incidents to hit the hajj in nearly a decade, broke out during the symbolic stoning of the devil ritual, the Saudi civil defence service said. "The counting (of the victims) continues and the number of dead has reached 310 people of different nationalities," the body said on Twitter after the inci