Mecca Stampede Leaves at Least 150 Dead

BEIRUT, Lebanon — At least 150 people were killed, and 400 were injured, in a stampede in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday.

The deaths occurred on the first day of Eid al-Adha, one of the holiest holidays in the Muslim calendar, and as millions of Muslims were making their pilgrimage, or hajj, to Mecca.

Saudi Civil Defense officials confirmed the deaths on Twitter and said that two medical centers had been opened in the Mina neighborhood of Mecca to treat the injured.

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