Mina, outskirts of Makkah, Dhu-Al-Hijjah 10, 1438 H., September 01, 2017, SPA -- As many as 518,428 heads of cattle were slaughtered until mid-day in seven slaughterhouses in Mina surroundings to benefit from the sacrifice meat, official reports say. The general supervisor of benefiting from sacrifice meat project Musa bin Ali Al-Akassi said that the out of that sum 181,428 sheep, and 337,000 camels and cows were slaughtered. He said new slaughtering houses entered service this year, prompting expectations that this year's production would exceed last year's. --SPA 17:11 LOCAL TIME 14:11 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w479582