Saudi Arabia: Grieving pilgrims search for relatives

Hundreds of worried pilgrims crowded around a photo display at a medical centre in Mina, Saudi Arabia, today, scanning anxiously for pictures of loved ones who may have been among the 362 people killed the day before in a deadly stampede.

Saudi Arabia: Grieving pilgrims search for relatives

Hundreds of worried pilgrims crowded around a photo display at a medical centre in Mina, Saudi Arabia, today, scanning anxiously for pictures of loved ones who may have been among the 362 people killed the day before in a deadly stampede.

Medical officials at al-Moaysem Medical Centre said at least 60 others remained in critical condition after being trampled during a rush to carry out the stoning ritual in a notorious bottleneck area that has been the site of previous tragedies.

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