Mina— Cientos de miles de fieles comenzaron este martes el ritual de lapidación de Satán, en Mina, cerca de la ciudad santa de La Meca, en el primer día de la fiesta musulmana del Sacrificio.Este ritual marca el final del Haj, la peregrinación a La Meca, que este año reunió apenas a 1.5 millones de fieles, contra 3.2 millones en 2012.Hombres vestidos de blanco y mujeres con una larga túnica y pañuelo en la cabeza ocuparon desde primeras horas de la mañana el valle de Mina.Las autoridades han desplegado a soldados y policías para controlar a la multitud a medida que se acerca al lugar santo.Los fieles realizaron el rito de lapidación lanzando piedras contra estelas que representan a Satán, una ceremonia que puede durar hasta tres días
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