Mina stampede: 14 Indians among 717 Hajj pilgrims killed, over 850 injured

Rescue workers attend to victims of a stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia during the annual hajj pilgrimage on Thursday. (Source: AP photo)

Emergency services attend to victims crushed in a crowd in Mina, Saudi Arabia during the annual hajj pilgrimage. (Source: AP photo)

An ambulance evacuates victims following a crush caused by large numbers of people pushing at Mina, outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca. (Source: Reuters photo)

The stampede happened in Mina, a large valley about five kilometers (three miles) from the holy city of Mecca that has been the site of hajj stampedes in years past. (Source: AP Photo)

Muslim pilgrims and rescuers gather around people who were crushed by overcrowding in Mina. (Source: AP photo)

Muslim pilgrims gather around the victims of a stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia during the annual hajj pilgrimage on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015. (Source: AP photo)

The death toll from a stampede during the annual Muslim hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia on Thursday has risen to 717 people of various nationalities, the Saudi civil defence said. (Source: Reuters photo)

Bodies of pilgrims lying on the road side following the stampede caused at Mina, outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca on September 24, 2015. (Source: Reuters photo)

Some two million people are performing the annual haj pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia’s al-Ekhbariya television reported. (Source: Twitter @KSA_998)

The incident is reported to have occurred between Mount Arafat and the Grand Mosque on Thursday, 24 September, 2015. (Source: Twitter @KSA_998)

The Saudi government has arranged foolproof safety and security measures, deploying nearly 100,000 men in uniform at the holy sites to make the journey of a lifetime for the two million pilgrims safe and secure. (Source: Twitter @KSA_998)

Civil defence officials have said that 700 people were injured in the incident. (Source: Twitter @KSA_998)

Police vehicles drive past pilgrims on a road in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca September 24, 2015. (Source: Reuters photo)

A view of the camp city at Mina, near the holy city of Mecca where some two million people are performing the annual Haj pilgrimage on September 24, 2015. (Source: Reuters photo)