Mina Disaster, Deadliest to Ever Strike Annual Hajj Pilgrimage
The tally, which had been reported by Saudi Arabia to be 769, makes it the deadliest-ever incident during the annual pilgrimage.
Hundreds of people are still presumed missing weeks after the deadly September 24 crush, but the number of victims has been steadily growing with the release of new statements by countries whose citizens were killed.
The new death toll collected by AP, which is based on such official publications, is nearly double Riyadh’s latest figures.
Iran, which has blamed the Saudis for the stampede, has announced that 465 of its citizens died in the crush. This figure also includes those unaccounted for.
Egypt follows Iran with the second-highest death toll, which the country has put at 148 people, according to AP. There were also 120 Indonesians among those killed, the third highest death toll.
Overall, more than 20 countries from across Africa, Asia and the Middle East have reported having citizens killed and missing.
Iran: 465 killed
Egypt: 148 killed
Indonesia: 120 killed
India: 101 killed
Nigeria: 99 killed
Pakistan: 93 killed
Mali: 70 killed
Bangladesh: 63 killed
Senegal: 54 killed
Benin: 51 killed
Cameroon: 42 killed
Ethiopia: 31 killed
Sudan: 30 killed
Morocco: 27 killed
Algeria: 25 killed
Ghana: 12 killed
Chad: 11 killed
Kenya: 8 killed
Turkey: 3 killed
If AP’s tally is accurate, it would make this year’s crush the deadliest-ever Hajj incident. The previous anti-record dates back to 1990, when 1,426 people were killed in a stampede inside a pedestrian tunnel leading out of Makkah towards Mina.
Source: RT
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