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Three Kenyans killed, 8 missing in Hajj tragedy

A Muslim man weeps after getting the news of his family members, who died in Thursday's stampede in Mina, at their residence in Ahmedabad, India, September 25, 2015. At least 717 pilgrims from around the world were killed on Thursday in a crush outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi authorities said, in the worst disaster to strike the annual haj pilgrimage for 25 years. [PHOTO/REUTERS]

 

Three Kenyans, all women, are among 817 Muslim pilgrims who died on Thursday following a stampede in Mina, just outside the Holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

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