MECCA: The death toll from Thursday's stampede during a Hajj ritual outside of Mecca has risen to 769, Saudi Arabia's health minister has said.
At a press conference on Saturday, Khalid al-Falih also said the number of people injured during the crush in the tent city of Mina while on their way to perform a ritual on the first day of Eid had risen to 934.
Earlier, Saudi Arabia's top religious leader has said that the stampede, the worst disaster in a quarter-century to strike the annual event, was beyond human control. Al Jazeera
