Hofuf

Born in the Saudi date palm oasis town of Hofuf in 1974, little is known about his early life before he decided to leave Saudi Arabia and move to Europe aged 32.

Ahmed al-Omran contributed reporting from Hofuf, Saudi Arabia.

The State Department also says that U.S. government workers and their families are prohibited from traveling to the areas of Qatif and Hofuf in Saudi Arabia.

—Nikhil Lohade in Dubai and Ahmed Al Omran in Hofuf, Saudi Arabia, contributed to this article.

HOFUF, Saudi Arabia—The toll from a mass stampede during the hajj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca has increased to 769, Saudi Arabia’s Health Ministry said Saturday, as the annual Muslim ritual concluded.