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The victims were crushed to death and more than 850 other injured when two groups of pilgrims arrived at crossroads on Street 204 at the tent city of Mina.

The Saudi health minister Khalid Aal-Falih, said in a statement that the stampede may have been caused by “some pilgrims who did not follow the guidelines and instructions issued by the responsible authorities”.

However, the protests and the tensions show deep friction between the Sunni kingdom and the Shiite powerhouse.

A man from Kerala identified as Mohammed from Kodungaloor in Thrissur district was among the pilgrims killed in the incident, Kerala’s Rural Development and Non Resident Keralite Affairs (NORKA) Minister K C Joseph said in Thiruvananthapuram.

Saudi Arabia has rolled out a special metro train service for this year’s Haj season that will allow almost 3,70,000 pilgrims to travel daily from Mecca to Arafat and help reduce traffic congestion.

An official of the Telangana State Haj Committee told IANS that the deceased had been identified as Bibi Jaan, a resident of Ranga Reddy district near Hyderabad.

“Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked mortar shelling and firing on some Indian forward posts in Krishana Ghati and Poonch sectors around 7:00 a.m. today”.

A report on the incident will be submitted to him this Friday, 18 September, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).

However, Prawut said yesterday that the suspect had actually left Dhaka for New Delhi before heading for Abu Dhabi and then to Turkey.

Sukoor said two of the injured were discharged from the hospital while the third one is still hospitalised but his condition is stated to be stable.

At least four people have been killed and dozens injured in a Taliban suicide auto bomb attack on the outskirts of Kabul, said police.

The relatives of the deceased would be sent for Haj from Hyderabad, the release added. They were Abdul Khader (38) and his wife Fatima Begum (32).

Officials on Saturday reported that Masnauli Hasibuan, who left for Mecca from Medan, North Sumatra, and Siti Rasmi Darmini, from Karawang, West Java, died in the incident.

Saudi authorities said on Saturday that Haj pilgrimage will go ahead despite a crane collapse that killed 107 people at holy city of Makkah’s Grand Mosque, where crowds returned to pray a day after the tragedy.

A statement by the Saudi government on Tuesday said the company’s operations had been stopped until a review of all their work had been completed.