At least 700 people were killed, and 719 were injured, in a stampede near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday morning.
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How awful. Is there an indication of a cause? I read this at one of the info links on the map this is linked to:
What is it about this ceremony that causes people to stampede? You'd think that if inciting a stampede is a known danger of the ceremony, the ceremony should be changed.
Edit: From ZeroHedge: