Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry says 100000 security forces to oversee this ... - Fox News

The spokesman for Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry says some 100,000 security personnel have been deployed to oversee the annual Islamic hajj pilgrimage that begins on Tuesday.

Maj. Gen. Mansour al-Turki says among those securing the massive crowds during hajj are members of an elite counterterrorism unit, traffic police and emergency civil defense personnel. They are being supported by additional troops from the army and national guard.

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