Mina Valley

Sirens wailed and helicopters hovered overhead as dozens of ambulances brought in victim after victim from a stampede that killed more than 700 Thursday in the holy Saudi valley of Mina.

Tens of thousands of Muslims from around the world, including Indians, participated in the symbolic stoning of the devil in Mina Valley on the last day of the Haj on Monday as Saudi King called for concerted global efforts to defeat the scourge of terrorism.

Tens of thousands of Muslims, including Indians, ritually stoned the devil in Mina Valley for the second day on Sunday and sacrificed animals to mark the culmination of the annual Haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.

Some two million Muslims streamed into Mina Valley from the holy city of Mecca on the annual hajj pilgrimage on Sunday, their numbers reduced over health fears and Saudi cuts.

Sirens wailed and helicopters hovered overhead as dozens of ambulances brought in victim after victim from a stampede that killed more than 700 Thursday in the holy Saudi valley of Mina.

Tens of thousands of Muslims from around the world, including Indians, participated in the symbolic stoning of the devil in Mina Valley on the last day of the Haj on Monday as Saudi King called for concerted global efforts to defeat the scourge of terrorism.

Tens of thousands of Muslims, including Indians, ritually stoned the devil in Mina Valley for the second day on Sunday and sacrificed animals to mark the culmination of the annual Haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.

Some two million Muslims streamed into Mina Valley from the holy city of Mecca on the annual hajj pilgrimage on Sunday, their numbers reduced over health fears and Saudi cuts.