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Members of the Saudi emergency services move among the bodies of those killed in a stampede as pilgrims look on, in the Mina neighborhood of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 24 September 2015.
A stampede during the annual Hajj pilgrimage to the Islamic holy city of Mecca has killed at least 717 people, SkyNews reported on Thursday afternoon, citing reports of Saudi authorities.
The number of injured people has exceeded 800.
The crush occurred earlier in the day in the neighbourhood of Mina, on the outskirts of Mecca, where about two million people are taking part in the annual pilgrimage.
Some 4,000 civil defence workers and 220 ambulances are involved in the rescue operation.
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