Crown Prince holds meeting with security leaders in Hajj

Friday 25 September 2015

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior, who is also Chairman of Hajj Higher Committee, chaired at the interior ministry's Mina branch, an extraordinary meeting today with the security leaders taking part in Hajj to discuss the incident that led to stampede, death and injury of tens of pilgrims in Mina earlier today, particularly the real reasons that led to the sad incident.

During the meeting, the crown prince instructed the formation of a high-level investigation committee to investigate the reasons of the accident and reach the real reasons behind it so as to forward the results to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, who will instruct what he suggests.

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