Hundreds of pilgrims killed in Holy city of Mecca

Hajj pilgrims and Saudi emergency personnel carry a woman on a stretcher at the site where at least 717 were killed and hundreds wounded in a stampede in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, at the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia on September 24, 2015.(Photo:AFP)

President Uhuru Kenyatta Thursday led Kenyans in mourning the 717 Muslims who perished in a stampede on the outskirts of Mecca, the worst disaster to strike the annual Hajj pilgrimage in 25 years.

President Kenyatta condoled with the Muslim community and wished quick recovery to the more than 800 others who were injured in the tragedy as they performed a stone-throwing ceremony, one of the holiest rites in Islam.